Dynamic behavior of a rotating gliding arc plasma in nitrogen: effects of gas flow rate and operating current

Hao ZHANG (张浩); Fengsen ZHU (朱凤森); Xiaodong LI (李晓东); Changming DU (杜长明)

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/aa57f3

Plasma Science and Technology > 2017 > 19(4): 45401-045401. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aa57f3

Hao ZHANG (张浩), Fengsen ZHU (朱凤森), Xiaodong LI (李晓东), Changming DU (杜长明). Dynamic behavior of a rotating gliding arc plasma in nitrogen: effects of gas flow rate and operating current[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2017, 19(4): 45401-045401. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aa57f3

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Dynamic behavior of a rotating gliding arc plasma in nitrogen: effects of gas flow rate and operating current

1 Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People’s Republic of China 2 State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China 3 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China

Funds: This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51576174).

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Received Date: November 07, 2016

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The effects of feed gas flow rate and operating current on the electrical characteristics and dynamic behavior of a rotating gliding arc ( RGA ) plasma codriven by a magnetic field and tangential flow were investigated. The operating current has been shown to significantly affect the time-resolved voltage waveforms of the discharge, particularly at flow rate=2 l min^-1 . When the current was lower than 140 mA, sinusoidal waveforms with regular variation periods of 13.5–17.0 ms can be observed ( flow rate = 2 l min^-1 ). The restrike mode characterized by serial sudden drops of voltage appeared under all studied conditions. Increasing the flow rate from 8 to 12l min^-1 (at the same current) led to a shift of arc rotation mode which would then result in a significant drop of discharge voltage (around 120 – 200 V). For a given flow rate, the reduction of current resulted in a nearly linear increase of voltage.
- rotating gliding arc (RGA),
- electrical characteristics,
- gas flow rate,
- operating current,
- rotation mode

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