Simulation of gas-discharge UV sources based on a glow discharge in a xenon-chlorine mixture

A model is developed that makes it possible to calculate the concentration of excimer molecules, halogenides of inert gases, in the positive column of a glow discharge initiated in a chlorine-containing gas mixture. Using this model, one can quantitatively reproduce experimental dependences of the excimer UV power on the discharge current in wide ranges of the gas mixture compositions and pressures, provide satisfactory quantitative agreement between calculated and experimental radial distributions of the electron and excimer molecule concentrations, and give a physical explanation for the experimental dependences. To this end, this model, unlike other available ones, allows for the electron-impact dissociation of chlorine molecules, the radial nonuniformity of dissociation, and the radial nonuniformity of the gas temperature.     

Simulation of the positive column of a glow discharge in an inert gas-chorine mixture with allowance for the dissociation of chlorine molecules

A model is developed that makes it possible to calculate the concentration of excimer molecules, halogenides of inert gases, in the positive column of a glow discharge initiated in a chlorine-containing gas mixture. Using this model, one can quantitatively reproduce experimental dependences of the excimer UV power on the discharge current in wide ranges of the gas mixture compositions and pressures, provide satisfactory quantitative agreement between calculated and experimental radial distributions of the electron and excimer molecule concentrations, and give a physical explanation for the experimental dependences. To this end, this model, unlike other available ones, allows for the electron-impact dissociation of chlorine molecules, the radial nonuniformity of dissociation, and the radial nonuniformity of the gas temperature.     

The three-phase theory for plasma focus devices

A simplified theory for preliminary design of plasma focus devices that starts at the breakdown phase is proposed. For best focus, it is shown that the model can be used to predict the values of the inner and outer electrode radius, inner electrode length, gas pressure, and charging voltage that give minimum possible pinch radius. The theoretical results agree with experimental observations. The model shows that of these parameters, inner electrode length, inner and outer electrode radii play a significant role. An optimum pinch radius ratio of 0.05 to 0.40 was realized. Test results show that the focus strength is dependent on the breakdown conditions via the initial and final velocities of the current sheath during the radial collapse phase and the axial rundown phase. The final axial velocity determines the initial inward radial velocity. Results for a test design are presented     

Axial segregation of a settling suspension in a rotating cylinder

A rotating suspension of nonbuoyant particles can develop striking inhomogeneities in particle concentration, with regular bands of high and low concentration along the symmetry axis. We report Stokes-flow simulations showing that the formation of axial bands is correlated with an inhomogeneous particle distribution in the radial plane. An order parameter, based on the average angular velocity of the particles, characterizes two distinct phases: a low-frequency segregated phase and a high-frequency dispersed phase. The axial band structure develops during the transition between these two phases.     

The Theory of the Low Pressure Discharge in the Strong Ionization Regime

A system of integro-differential equations describing the velocity distribution functions of the neutral atoms and of the ions and the radial profiles of the electric potential and the particle densities in the positive column at low pressures and high degrees of ionization is derived. This system is solved for a simplified, but self-consistent, plane model. Both the initial velocity of the ions and the neutral gas depletion caused by the ionization processes are taken into account. For a cylindrical model a solution is obtained for the region near the axis. With rising neutral gas temperature the radial ion flux density is slightly increasing. The pressure tensor, the heat flux tensor, and several components of the corresponding tensor of the fourth order for the ion gas are calculated. It is shown that on the axis the radial and the azimuthal ion temperatures are smaller than the neutral gas temperature because the ions generated out of neutral atoms are retarded during the flight to the axis.     

方截面鼓泡床气液两相瞬态数值研究

在双流体模型中引入界面浓度输运方程,利用界面浓度和气泡平均Sauter直径模化各相间作用力。引入一附加 湍动能输运方程模化气泡诱导引起的液相湍流。利用该模型对方截面鼓泡床内气液两相流进行三维瞬态数值模拟。计算结 果表明该模型能较好得模拟方截面鼓泡床内气液两相流时均和瞬态流动特征。     

Inreased Power Concentration and its Effect on the Discharge Parameters on the Low Pressure Hg-Rare Gas Positive Column III. Effects of an Axial Rod

After the investigation of the influence of current and tube radius on the power concentration of the Hg-rare gas discharge in the two previous parts, part III deals with the corresponding effects of additional recombination surfaces. The plasma parameters (radiant flux of the resonance lines, field strength, electron density, electron energy distribution function) are measured in a discharge tube with an axial glass rod. With increasing rod diameter and increasing distance from the tube axis radial radiation intensity distribution becomes asymmetric. The field strength increases with the radius of the rod. The dependence of the field strength and that of the radiant flux on the parameters of the discharge do not basically change. The measured UV-radiation efficiency of the positive column is higher than that of discharges without axial rod for equal tube radius. This is attributed primarily to the changed radial electron density distribution and its effect on the collision processes.     

Interferometric Study of Pinch Phase in Plasma-Focus Discharge at the Time of Neutron Production

A plasma column generated in the PF-1000 device working in deuterium gas at a current level of 1 MA was investigated with interferometric diagnostics and scintillation detectors. The beam of diagnostic laser of 527-nm wavelength was optically split into 16 beams with a time delay in the range from 0 to 220 ns. This diagnostic tool makes possible the imaging of the evolution of pinch geometry, the axial and radial distributions of plasma density in the column at the stagnation phase, and their comparison with the evolution of X-ray and neutron production. The evolution of dense structure is described with respect to its importance for fusion processes.      

Two-dimensional, self-consistent, three-moment simulation of RFglow discharge

A two-dimensional self-consistent nonequilibrium fluid model is used to simulate radio frequency (RF) glow discharges to evaluate the quantitative effects of the radial and axial flow dynamics inside a cylindrically symmetric parallel-plate geometry. This model is based on the three moments of the Boltzmann equation and on Poisson's equation. Radial/axial flow dynamics of plasma in low-pressure parallel plate RF glow discharges are investigated. Instead of uniform profiles along the radial direction, which are assumed in one-dimensional models, nonplate profiles are obtained from the two-dimensional simulations. Ionization rate and three moment distributions of plasma density, average velocity, and mean energy are presented in a two-dimensional configuration. The maximum ionization rate occurs in the radial sheath region and agrees with experimental results. Variations in ion density distributions at different positions, various gas pressures frequencies, and applied fields are discussed     

DC column plasma kinetics in a longitudinal magnetic field

The cylindrical column plasma of a neon dc glow discharge under the influence of a weak longitudinal magnetic field is studied. An extended, fully self-consistent model of the column plasma has been used to determine the kinetic quantities of electrons, ions and excited atoms, the radial space charge field, and the axial electric field for given discharge conditions. The model includes a nonlocal kinetic treatment of the electrons by solving their spatially inhomogeneous kinetic equation, taking into account the radial space charge field and the axial magnetic field. The treatment is based on the two-term expansion of the velocity distribution and comprises the determination of its isotropic and anisotropic components in the axial, radial, and azimuthal direction. A transition from a distinctly nonlocal kinetic behavior of the electrons in the magnetic-field-free case to an almost local kinetic behavior has been found by increasing the magnetic field. The establishment of the electron cyclotron motion around the column axis increasingly restricts the radial electron energy transport and reduces the radial ambipolar current. The complex interaction of these transport phenomena with the alterations in the charge carrier production leads finally to a specific variation of the electric field components. The axial field increases by applying weak magnetic fields, however, decreases with increasingly higher magnetic fields. At higher magnetic fields, the radial space-charge field is considerably reduced     

限流沿对撞壁射流近壁区混合过程影响的实验研究(二)

1前言本文的第一部分分析了射流气体撞击限流沿后的发展过程以及射流入射角、限流沿高度等对二次射流气体发展情况的影响。本文将详细分析射流气体撞击限流沿后所形成的二次射流的速度和浓度的分布规律,并利用标量耗散率描述了射流气体的混合情况。众所周知,混合是扩散火焰燃烧速度的控制因素。通常扩散燃烧区内的温度足以使燃烧化学反应瞬间完成,因此燃烧时间完全取决于混合时间,即燃烧反应的速率由混合速率来控制。RW．Bilger等[1]认为扩散燃烧反应只有当完全达到分子级混合时才发生,他们在研究中利用标量耗散率概念来描述分子级混…     

可压稠密气固两相流动过程的模拟计算

基于稠密气体分子运动论和颗粒动理学,建立可压稠密气固两相流动模型。采用梯度模拟来考虑气相可压缩性对气相湍流的影响。模拟计算表明气固两相射流速度沿轴向和径向减小,颗粒浓度下降。气固两相射流具有高的颗粒温度,呈现强烈的气固两相湍流流动特性。     

Zur numerischen Beschreibung rotationssymmetrischer wandstabilisierter Lichtbogenkonfigurationen

A method is outlined which gives a numerical describtion for some configurations of axially symmetrical constricted electric arcs. For this purpose the equations of single fluid model of plasma physics are decoupled in such a way that only the heat flux potential, the axial velocity, the radial velocity, the average axial pressure gradient, and the average axial electric field have to be calculated simultaneously considering a given set of boundary conditions. In this paper the method is applied to the Koppelmann arc. In addition the paper reports upon some experiences in applying this method to the computation of further arc configurations.     

On the Anomaly of the Electrical Field Strength in the Magnetized Positive Column of Glow Discharges at Small Currents

The axial electrical field strength in the positive column of glow discharges at small currents in noble gases passes through a maximum with the increase of an axially directed magnetic field. This maximum is explained of the contrary processes of extension of the radial profiles of the electron energy and the concentration of the metastable atoms on the one hand and the decrease of the ambipolar diffusion losses on the other hand. Using the results of measurements of metastable atom concentrations, the electrical field strength is calculated as a function of magnetical induction with the aid of a set of balance equations. The radial and axial distribution of the electrons is checked by probe measurements. The methods for measuring the concentration of the excited atoms and the electrons are described.     

爆磁压缩发生器的爆炸管动力学效应

 对爆磁压缩发生器中爆炸管2维动力学简化模型进行了模拟计算,分析表明：径向膨胀速度会随径向位置（或者时间）的变化而变化,因此膨胀角也会随径向位置（或者时间）发生变化。对各时间点（或位置点）处的膨胀速度进行了平均,求得理论上的平均膨胀速度,再将该平均膨胀速度与实验测量值进行了比较。模拟结果给出了径向膨胀速度受到端头效应影响的情况,这可为改进实验结果提供参考。由于径向速度与轴向速度的比值一般在5以上,用作爆炸管的物质质量越大,这一比值就越大,因此选择密度较大的金属材料作为爆炸管,可减少滑移。应用2D简化模型计算出的膨胀角数值,与Gurney模型以及1D模型进行了比较,它们之间的差别可能主要来自2D效应。     

双相各向异性随机介质伪谱法地震波场特征分析

各向异性、双相孔隙以及非均匀性是描述油气储层时应综合考虑的. 结合随机介质理论和双相介质模型建立了双相各向异性随机介质模型,采用伪谱法模拟了双相各向异性随机介质地震波场,结果表明：双相各向异性随机介质地震波场存在散射波、旅行时扰动等复杂的波场特征,这些特征强烈依赖于随机介质模型参数. 在大非均匀空间尺度下,非均匀幅度主要影响波的旅行时扰动;在小非均匀空间尺度下,非均匀幅度主要影响波的散射. 该研究使人们有可能在统计意义下反演油气储层的非均匀特征,有益于加深对地震波在油气储层中传播规律的认识. 关键词： 双相各向异性 随机介质 伪谱法 地震波     

聚氨酯泡沫反向阴燃的数值模拟

本文根据两步反应机理,建立了2维非稳态燃料阴燃的数学模型.该模型考虑了气体在多孔介质内扩散系数的变化.应用该模型模拟了来流速度对阴燃速度及平均最高温度的影响,结果表明;首先阴燃传播速度随着来流速度的增大而增大,当风速为0.2 cm/s时,阴燃速度达到最大值0.0093 cm/s,而后随着风速的增大阴燃速度逐渐降低直至熄灭;来流速度对阴燃最高温度影响不大.同时还模拟了氧气浓度的影响、燃料阴燃中气体组分和固体成分的变化以及温度分布情况.     

Excitation of the Potential Relaxation Instability in a Weakly Magnetized Discharge Plasma by a Voltage Step

An instability is triggered in a weakly magnetized discharge plasma by the application of a positive voltage step to a planar collector immersed into the plasma column with its surface perpendicular to the magnetic field lines. Time developement of the plasma density after the application of the pulse is measured by a Langmuir probe. Radial and axial velocity of the plasma density perturbation are measured. Radial velocity is consistent with the increase of the plasma potential in the current channel. Axial velocity is very high. It is interpreted as phase velocity of radial quasiperiodic motion of the plasma in and out of the current channel. Response time of the collector current to the applied voltage step is measured versus different parameters. Experimental results are in agreement with a qualitative model presented in previous work [1] where the observed instability is modeled as a two dimensional potential relaxation instability (PRI). Minor improvements of the previous model are proposed. A rarefaction pulse that moves towards the collector is found as the initial stage of the instability.     

Velocity field measurements of swirl flow around a forward-swept axial fan using a phase-averaged PTV

The flow characteristics around a rotating axial fan were experimentally investigated using a phase-averaged PTV velocity field measurement technique. The axial fan has 5 forward-swept blades with a radius of 25 mm. Measurements were carried out at 4 axial planes and 4 radial planes perpendicular to the axis of rotation. For the axial plane measurements, one fan blade was divided into 4 different phases in order to analyze the flow structure according to blade phase. For each case, 500 instantaneous velocity fields were measured and ensemble averaged to obtain phase-averaged velocity vector fields and vorticity contours. In addition, measurements were carried out at two planes around the blade surface. Phase averaged velocity fields show periodic variations with respect to the blade phase. The periodic shedding of the tip vortex at the blade tip is also observed. The phase averaged velocity fields measured in the radial planes show periodic variations according to the fan phase and the distance from the fan. These experimental results can be used to validate numerical calculations and to understand the flow characteristics of forward-swept axial fans.     

Rectangular lattice gas model with competing interactions and the two-dimensional ANNNI model in a field

A lattice gas model with short range competing interactions for adsorption on (110) surfaces of fcc crystals, in particular for O/Pd(110), as well as its Ising analog, the two-dimensional ANNNI model with antiferromagnetic axial nearest and next-nearest neighbour interactions in a field, are studied using the free fermion approximation and Monte Carlo techniques. The phase diagrams display different commensurate phases and incommensurate regions. Static and dynamic aspects of topological defects (walls and dislocations) characterising the incommensurate structures are investigated.