Rotational and Vibrational Temperatures of Atmospheric Double rc Argon--Nitrogen Plasma

The spectroscopic technique is employed to study the emission ofatmospheric argon--nitrogen plasma jet generated by an original dcdouble anode plasma torch. The molecular bands of the N₂⁺first negative system are observed at the torch exit and chosen toevaluate the rotational and vibrational temperatures in comparison withthe simulated spectra. The excitation temperature (T_exc ≈9600K) is determined from the Boltzmann plot method. The results show that the rotational, vibrational, electron and kinetic temperatures are in good agreement with one another, which indicates that the core region of atmospheric double arc argon--nitrogen plasma jet at the torch exit is close to the local thermodynamic equilibrium state under our experimental conditions.     

Optical Emission Spectroscopy Investigation of a Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Aerodynamic Actuator

The optical emission spectroscopy of a surface dielectric barrier discharge plasma aerodynamic actuator is investigated with different electrode configurations, applied voltages and driving frequencies. The rotational temperature of N2 （C^3 Ⅱu） molecule is calculated according to its rotational emission band near 380.5 nm. The average electron energy of the discharge is evaluated by emission intensity ratio of first negative system to second positive system of N2. The rotational temperature is sensitive to the inner space of an electrode pair. The average electron energy shows insensitivity to the applied voltage, the driving frequency and the electrode configuration.     

Arc Root Motions in an Argon--Hydrogen Direct-Current Plasma Torch at Reduced Pressure

Arc root motions in generating dc argon hydrogen plasma at reduced pressure are optically observed using a high-speed video camera. The time resolved angular position of the are root attachment point is measured and analysed. The arc root movement is characterized as a chaotic and jumping motion along the circular direction on the anode surface.     

Observation of Periodic Multiplication and Chaotic Phenomena in Atmospheric Cold Plasma Jets

We investigate the temporal evolution of the current pulses from an ac Fie cold plasma jet at atmospheric pressure and with driving frequency in the range 14.76-15.30 kHz. The driving frequency is used as the plasma system＇s bifurcation parameter in analogy with the evolution in which the current pulses undergoes multiplication and chaos. Such time-domain nonlineaxity is important for controlling instabilities in atmospheric glow discharges. In addition, the observation can provide some data to support the simulation results reported previously [Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 （2007） 071501].     

Optical Emission Analysis of Atmospheric Pressure Methane Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy - The distinctive glow features of low-temperature RF CH4/Ar plasma chemical vapor deposition and its correlation with plasma-deposited film characterizations were...     

Diagnostics for radial electric field measurements in hot magnetized plasmas

Measurements of the radial electric field profile in magnetically confined plasmas have yielded important new insights in the physics of L-H transitions, edge biasing and/or the active control of Internal and Edge Transport Barriers. The radial electric field is not an easy plasma parameter to diagnose. Techniques to measure the radial electric field in the plasma core are the Heavy Ion Beam Probe and the Motional Stark Effect. An indirect method that is quite often applied is to derive the electric field from measurements of the poloidal and toroidal rotation velocities via the radial ion force balance. This paper will first briefly explain the need for detailed measurements of the radial electric field profile. Subsequently, the various diagnostics to measure this parameter will be reviewed. The emphasis will be especially put on recent trends, rather than on an exhaustive overview. Presented at 5th Workshop “Role of Electric Fields in Plasma Confinement and Exhaust”, Montreux, Switzerland, June 23–24, 2002. Partner in the Trilateral Euregio Cluster     

Quantitative comparison of different preionization schemes of KrF laser discharges

* fluorescence radiation from the ion–ion recombination process in the gas volume during the preionization phase, therefore allowing spatial resolution by partial imaging of the volume. Volume-integrated and temporally resolved measurements are carried out to determine the average of absolute preionization densities by comparison with a theoretical model of the temporal behaviour of the recombination process. Spatially resolved measurements reveal the distribution of the preionization density. The preionization densities determined from spark and sliding/corona discharges schemes are considerably higher (n_e ⁰?10¹² cm^-3) than those obtained from pulsed X-ray preionization (n_e ⁰?10⁷ cm^-3). Received: 3 October 1997/Revised version: 6 January 1998     

大气压空气滑动弧等离子体发射光谱诊断

为了解Ar添加对空气滑动弧等离子体的影响,在放电频率f=10 kHz、空气流量q_Air=15 L·min^-1、 1 atm下进行了Ar体积流量q_Ar对空气-Ar滑动弧放电的影响试验研究,重点分析了不同q_Ar及调压器电压U_调下空气等离子体的活性粒子种类、电子密度及振动温度。结果表明,滑动弧等离子体区的主要活性粒子为OH、 N₂的第二正带系、 Hα、 O原子、 ArⅠ及ArⅡ原子,其中O原子及ArⅠ、 ArⅡ原子的相对光谱强度明显较强;随着q_Ar的增大,O(777.4 nm)的相对光谱强度先缓慢增长、再快速增大到极大值、随后缓慢减小并趋于稳定,O(777.4 nm)的相对光谱强度在1 580～6 650 a.u.之间变化;随U_调增大,O(777.4 nm)的相对光谱强度增大,且电压对其影响受q_Ar的影响：在高q_Ar(4～6 L·min^-1)工况下,O(...     

Laser-induced-fluorescence characteristics of a helium arcjet flow

Laser-induced fluorescence is used to characterize the axial velocity and temperature field at the exit plane of a low-power helium arcjet. Two cases were examined, one in which the mass-flow rate was changed at a constant current, and the other where the current was changed at a constant mass-flow rate. At constant mass-flow rate, the velocity scales with the increase in power. At constant current, a higher specific energy results in an unexpected lower mean exit velocity. The temperature profiles show that the nozzle-wall temperature is greater than the mean exit temperature. Along the axis of the arcjet, these measurements indicate the presence of a shock less than one nozzle diameter downstream of the exit. Received: 10 July 2002 / Published online: 22 November 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +1-650-723-1748, E-mail: qwalker@stanford.edu     

Laser-induced fluorescence study of a xenon Hall thruster

2 ⁰→6p[3/2]₂(³P₂-¹D₂) transition at 823.2 nm and the xenon-ion 5d[3]_7/2→6p[2]_5/2 ⁰(⁴D_7/2-⁴P_5/2) transition is used to measure plasma parameters in the plume of a laboratory-model xenon Hall thruster. The Hall discharge operates nominally at 62 V, 4.2 A, and 3.2 mg s^-1 xenon flow, with an overall thruster power of 320 W. A tunable semiconductor diode laser and an Ar⁺-pumped dye laser are used to probe the respective excited-state transitions. Axial velocity measurements are made at a number of axial and radial locations up to 4.5 cm downstream of the thruster-exit plane and under a variety of thruster operating conditions. Neutral velocities from 100 m s^-1 to 400 m s^-1 and ion velocities as high as 12 km s^-1 are calculated from measured Doppler shifts. The charge-exchange phenomenon evidently does not significantly affect the xenon neutrals. The spectral-line shapes of the ion indicate a spread in ion energies through a non-Maxwellian distribution of axial velocities. Neutral kinetic temperatures of 500 (±200) K are observed under standard operating conditions. Zeeman and Stark effects on the spectral-line shapes, from the thruster’s magnetic and electric fields, are not substantial. The measured line center of the ion transition is 16521.23 (±0.02) cm^-1. Received: 20 January 1997/Revised version: 12 May 1997     

大气压中频氩∕丙酮等离子体发射光谱诊断

目前, 等离子体发射光谱应用于中频丙酮等离子体的研究鲜有报道。自建大气压氩∕丙酮喷射中频交流放电等离子体装置, 采用HR2000光纤光栅光谱仪对放电光谱进行记录, 并对实验中的光谱信号进行分析诊断。研究结果说明, 对大气压环境下, 使用氩气为“载气”, 对可挥发有机溶剂进行等离子发射光谱分析是一种可行的技术; 大气压下丙酮等离子体的活性成分和真空环境下丙酮等离子体产生的活性成分有很大区别, 氧元素对两种气压下等离子体活性成分有很大改变; 这种诊断方法对大气压下挥发性有机试剂的等离子体化学反应原理的研究, 有重要的指导意义。此外, 文中展示了大气压下丙酮沉积膜在两种光源下的形貌图, 结果说明在一定实验条件下得到了连续的沉积膜。     

Laser-induced fluorescence measurements of velocity within a Hall discharge

The results of a study of laser-induced fluorescence velocimetry of neutral and singly ionized xenon in the plume and interior portions of the acceleration channel of a Hall thruster plasma discharge operating at powers ranging from 250 to 725 W are described. Axial ion and neutral velocity profiles for four discharge voltage conditions (100 V, 160 V, 200 V, 250 V) are measured as are radial ion velocity profiles in the near-field plume. Ion velocity measurements of axial velocity both inside and outside the thruster as well as radial velocity measurements outside the thruster are performed using laser-induced fluorescence with nonresonant signal detection on the xenon ion 5d[4]_7/2–6p[3]_5/2 excitation transition while monitoring the signal from the 6s[2]_3/2–6p[3]_5/2transition. Neutral axial velocity measurements are similarly performed in the interior of the Hall thruster using the 6s[3/2]⁰ ₂–6p[3/2]₂transition with resonance fluorescence collection. Optical access to the interior of the Hall thruster is provided by a 1-mm-wide axial slot in the insulator outer wall. While the majority of the ion velocity measurements used partially saturated fluorescence to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, one radial trace of the ion transition was taken in the linear fluorescence region and yields a xenon ion translational temperature between 400 and 800 K at a location 13 mm into the plume. Received: 27 September 2000 / Revised version: 2 March 2001 / Published online: 9 May 2001     

细长金属管内产生的直流辉光等离子体发射光谱诊断

利用发射光谱法对金属管内形成的稳定氩氮直流辉光等离子体进行了诊断。通过对等离子体发射光谱谱线的研究确定了等离子体中的活性粒子成分;根据氩原子的玻尔兹曼曲线斜率法计算了等离子体中的电子激发温度;采用氮分子第二正带系跃迁(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)的发射谱线计算了等离子体中的氮分子振动温度;研究了电子激发温度和氮分子振动温度随压强的变化特征。研究结果表明,在20 Pa下产生的Ar60%+N₂40%直流辉光等离子体中,活性成分主要是Ar原子、Ar离子、N₂的第二正带系跃迁(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)和N+₂的第一负带系跃迁(B2Π+_u→X2Σ+_g);电子激发温度约为(15 270±250)K;氮分子(C3Π_u)振动温度约为(3 290±100)K;随着压强的增加电子激发温度、分子振动温度逐渐降低。文章的研究结果对细长金属管内表面改性研究具有重要的意义。     

Mass spectrometry of arcs in SF6 circuit breakers

Today, SF₆ is used to a great extent as insulating and arc-quenching medium in high-voltage gas-blast circuit breakers. The arcing in SF₆ during current interruption forms decomposition products. These can influence the arc-quenching properties of the circuit breaker. Furthermore, they can cause corrosion of the circuit breaker housing. In this comprehensive study we present results obtained for the first time from a direct mass spectrometric investigation of the exhaust gases of a high pressure SF₆ arc in a model circuit breaker. Our mass spectrometric system consists of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) equipped with a molecular beam sampling systems. This device allows us to measure mass spectra of high pressure sources with a time resolution of up to 10,000 spectra per second. We have determined the formation rate of the most abundant decomposition products in a SF₆ arc at 1 bar. These products are SF₄, CF₄, WF₆, SOF₂, SO₂, CS₂ S₂F₂ and HF. The fast detection time inherent to our system permits also the determination of the formation of SF₄, which is 0.45–0.50 Vol. %/(kJ/1SF₆). In addition, we have studied the influence of water and oxygen impurities which are responsible for the production of highly corrosive HF. Finally, we have considered the influence of the thermal degradation of teflon (P.T.F.E.), which is used as nozzle and insulating material in circuit breakers. On this occasion we have demonstrated that CF₄, which exhibits dielectric properties similar to SF₆, is the main decomposition product formed from teflon. However, we have found that besides CF₄ also excess carbon is formed, which is deposited on insulators of the model circuit breaker.Our time-resolved mass spectra reveal that the CF₄ production from teflon is delayed by a few milliseconds with respect to the SF₆ dissociation in the arc. This delay can influence the interrupting process of the circuit breaker by changing the plasma composition during the arcing period. Although our experiments have been performed on a model circuit breaker we claim that the results presented in this study can be applied to real circuit breakers, since the arc current density and the energy dissipated per liter SF₆ are of the same order of magnitude in both devices.     

Research of Plasma Characteristics of the Radio-Frequency Discharge in O2 and Its Mixtures

Electron mean energy and the effects of gas mixture are studied theoretically and experimentally. The electron mean energy in O2 and its mixtures is obtained by solving Boltzmann＇s equation. The experiments of the Langmuir probe system and spectral analysis are carried out. It is shown that electron temperature goes down with the increasing pressure, narrowing pulse width and the addition of helium and argon. According to the intensity of oxygen atom at 777.19 nm, xenon is more effective in inhibition of O2 decomposition than helium and argon.     

甲烷电离特性的等离子体发射光谱法研究

应用等离子体发射光谱法,用CCD(charge coupled device)光栅光谱仪记录并标识了脉冲电晕甲烷等离子体370～1 100 nm的发射光谱,确定了常温常压下高纯甲烷(99.99%)经100 kV, 100 Hz脉冲高压电离后的产物为H,C+,CH,C,C₂,C₃, C₄,C₅和烃等。通过分析实验检测到的甲烷等离子体发射光谱,给出了甲烷经脉冲高压电离形成电晕等离子体的机理和自由基CH_n(n=3,2,1)、碳、烃等产物的电离途径。结果显示甲烷分子经高能电子非弹性碰撞后脱氢程度很高,大量氢原子及其离子和甲烷自由基在进一步被高能电子作用下合成了烯烃、炔烃、烷烃和高聚碳化物。实验所获得的脉冲甲烷等离子体发射光谱及其机理分析可为甲烷及其转化研究提供相关依据。     

Theoretical and Experimental Study of Scattering of a Plane Wave by an Inhomogeneous Plasma Sphere

Scattering of electromagnetic waves by an inhomogeneous plasma sphere has been studied theoretically and experimentally. The offset angles of electromagnetic waves caused by the plasma sphere have been observed experimentally. The effects of the electromagnetic wave frequency and plasma density on the offset angle are discussed. The plasma density is estimated with the offset angle.     

A Power Interruption Technique for Investigation of Temperature Difference in Stabilized Low Direct-Current Arc Burning in Pure Argon on Atmospheric Pressure

Plasma of argon stabilized arc column, in a current range 3-11 A, is investigated using emission spectrometric diagnostic techniques. Temperatures are evaluated using several methods： argon line to adjacent recombinational continuum intensity ratio, absolute emissivity of argon line, measurement of electron number density, and power interruption. Electron number density is evaluated from absolute emissivity of recombinational continuum. The difference between electron Te and heavy particle Th temperature ranged from 4500 K for 3 A to 2300 K for 11A arc current. By comparing the present with the previously obtained results, using the same arc device but with the introduction of water aerosol, it is concluded that water aerosol reduces the difference Te - Th and brings plasma closer to the partial thermodynamic equilibrium state.     

光谱方法研究大气压氩气等离子体喷枪的放电特性

利用同轴介质阻挡放电喷枪,通过氩气的流动在大气压空气中产生了均匀的等离子体羽。等离子体羽沿气流方向较为均匀,但在喷嘴处为白色且亮度较高,远离喷嘴处为蓝色,亮度较低。研究了等离子体羽长度与外加电压幅值、驱动频率和气体流速的关系,气流小于4 L·min-1时等离子羽的长度随气流的增大而增大,而当气流大于4 L·min-1时长度随气流的增大而减小。当气流保持恒定时,等离子体羽的长度随外加电压幅值或驱动频率的增大而增大。结合气体放电理论以及分析湍流和平流对放电的影响,对等离子体羽长度随实验参数的变化进行了定性解释。光学方法研究发现在外加电压正半周期等离子羽有一个发光脉冲,而负半周期没有发光信号。同轴介质阻挡放电正半周期有两个发光脉冲,负半周期有一个发光脉冲。通过对该N₂现象的分析,为等离子体羽的产生机制提供了一种可能的解释。采集了同轴介质阻挡放电和等离子体羽的发射光谱,研究发现除等离子体羽存在明显的OH和N₂的发射谱线外,其发射光谱没有明显差别。利用光学发射谱N+₂第一负带系,对等离子体羽转动温度进行了测量,发现转动温度沿远离喷嘴的方向逐渐降低,且转动温度随电压幅值的增大而增大。     

大气等离子体加工过程的原子发射光谱研究

大气等离子体加工反应过程中,等离子体发生装置的热稳定过程对去除率有直接影响,CF₄是化学反应中活性F*原子的提供者,O₂是重要的辅助气体。为了寻找这三者对大气等离子体加工反应过程的影响规律,采用大气等离子体加工系统进行加工、光谱仪监控等离子体反应过程的活性F*原子的光谱变化。实验结果表明,在大气压等离子体加工系统中: 热稳定后,活性F*原子强度基本不随时间变化;随着CF₄含量的增加,F*原子谱线轮廓发生了自吸收现象,这说明采用光谱法研究CF₄含量对活性F*原子含量的影响是不完全准确的;由于O₂易和CF₄解离的中间产物反应,抑制活性粒子重新组合,因此一定范围内随着O₂含量增加,活性F*原子增加。