介质阻挡放电低温等离子体脱硝性能研究

进行了介质阻挡放电低温等离子体脱除伴有SO₂的烟气中NO的研究,分别进行了直接等离子体脱硫脱硝和间接等离子体脱硫脱硝实验。在直接等离子体脱硫脱硝中,模拟烟气等混合气直接通入等离子体发生器,在反应器中电离分解NO以及和生成的高能电子、离子和自由基等离子体相互反应而进行脱除NO;间接等离子体脱硫脱硝中,模拟烟气连接在等离子体发生器出口与从反应器中产生出的等离子体发生氧化反应而进行脱除NO。结果表明,无论直接形式还是间接形式,脱硝效率都要比脱硫效率高,间接脱硫脱硝能够大大降低功率输入,节省能耗,具有重要的实际应用价值和意义。氨气的加入,有利于脱除效率的提升。     

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进行了介质阻挡放电低温等离子体脱除伴有SO2的烟气中NO的研究,分别进行了直接等离子体脱硫脱硝和间接等离子体脱硫脱硝实验.在直接等离子体脱硫脱硝中,模拟烟气等混合气直接通入等离子体发生器,在反应器中电离分解NO以及和生成的高能电子、离子和自由基等离子体相互反应而进行脱除NO;间接等离子体脱硫脱硝中,模拟烟气连接在等离子体发生器出口与从反应器中产生出的等离子体发生氧化反应而进行脱除NO.结果表明,无论直接形式还是间接形式,脱硝效率都要比脱硫效率高,间接脱硫脱硝能够大大降低功率输入,节省能耗,具有重要的实际应用价值和意义.氨气的加入,有利于脱除效率的提升.     

Observation of second harmonic generation by surface waves in a gas discharge plasma

The propagation of a second harmonic surface wave in a gas discharge plasma is investigated experimentally. The results are compared with those obtained for surface waves excited directly.     

Electrode surface erosion in a high-frequency discharge plasma

The surface erosion of electrodes made of different materials in the plasma of a high-frequency discharge, which is used for pumping ion lasers at a frequency of 10 MHz, is investigated. It is found that the erosion is due to blistering. The effect of the electrode temperature and material, as well as of the gas type, on the erosion evolution under typical operating conditions of a gas discharge tube is studied. The concentration of blistering products (dust particles) in the discharge is estimated in the framework of geometrical optics. Ways to prevent blistering in the discharge under such conditions are suggested.     

A non-thermal lattice gas model for a dimer-trimer reaction on a catalytic surface: A computer simulation study

The kinetics of an irreversible dimer-trimer reaction of the type 3A₂ + 2B₃ → 6AB have been studied using a non-thermal (precursor mechanism) model on a square as well as on a hexagonal lattice surface by Monte Carlo simulation. When the range of the precursors (A atoms) is increased, the model gives production rates (reactive window widths) that are quite large as compared with those for thermal (Langmuir-Hanshelwood mechanism) model. The phase diagrams qualitatively resemble with the standard ZGB model except that the continuous transition point is eliminated when the range of the precursors is extended up to the third nearest neighbourhood. The diffusion of A atoms on the surface as well as their desorption from the surface with a certain probability is also considered to see their effects on the reaction mechanism.     

Multipoint barrier discharge process for removal of NOxfrom diesel engine exhaust

We investigated the application of the dielectric barrier discharge process to the removal of NO_x from exhaust gas of a 20-kVA diesel engine generator. A multipoint-to-plane geometry was used as an electrode for low-voltage operation. A pyrex glass plate with a 2-mm thickness was put on the plane electrode as the dielectric barrier. The reactor consists of six discharge cells, with each cell consisting of five stacked multipoint-to-plane electrodes where the exhaust gas flows with a high flow rate. The exhaust gas was successfully treated at a flow rate of 1.2 m³/min, In order to produce repetitive high-voltage pulse, we made two switching electronic devices, an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), and a pulse transformer. This pulse modulator supplied the voltage with peak value of 10 kV and repetition rate of 2.5 kp/s (pulses per second) to the reactor. The energy transfer efficiency of the pulse modulator is 65% at 300 W of the power consumed in the reactor, The NO_x (NO+NO₂) in the exhaust gas was reduced by 35 ppm with an electrical efficiency of 32 g/kWh     

Low power gas discharge plasma mediated inactivation and removal of biofilms formed on biomaterials

The antibacterial activity of gas discharge plasma has been studied for quiet some time. However, high biofilm inactivation activity of plasma was only recently reported. Studies indicate that the etching effect associated with plasmas generated represent an undesired effect, which may cause live bacteria relocation and thus contamination spreading. Meanwhile, the strong etching effects from these high power plasmas may also alter the surface chemistry and affect the biocompatibility of biomaterials. In this study, we examined the efficiency and effectiveness of low power gas discharge plasma for biofilm inactivation and removal. Among the three tested gases, oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, discharge oxygen demonstrated the best anti-biofilm activity because of its excellent ability in killing bacteria in biofilms and mild etching effects. Low power discharge oxygen completely killed and then removed the dead bacteria from attached surface but had negligible effects on the biocompatibility of materials. DNA left on the regenerated surface after removal of biofilms did not have any negative impact on tissue cell growth. On the contrary, dramatically increased growth was found for these cells seeded on regenerated surfaces. These results demonstrate the potential applications of low power discharge oxygen in biofilm treatments of biomaterials and indwelling device decontaminations.     

Formation of an out-of-electrode plasma in a high-voltage gas discharge

The formation of an out-of-electrode plasma in a high-voltage gas discharge is studied. The occurrence and self-maintenance of a gas discharge and its associated plasma fluxes on the straight portions of electrical field lines are predicted theoretically and confirmed experimentally. It is shown that the focusing of the gas discharge and plasma fluxes is provided by increasing the length of the field line straight portions toward the symmetry axis of a hole in the anode. It is found that, when the discharge power (more specifically, an accelerating voltage applied to the electrodes of the gas-discharge tube) rises, the straight portions of the field lines elongate and concentrate near the symmetry axis of the hole in the anode. Recommendations are given on using the out-of-electrode plasma in surface micro- and nanostructuring.     

The high pressure plasma source for the surface treatment technology based on the torch discharge stabilized by working gas flow

The RF torch discharge has been described as a source of the plasma channel. The advantage of this system is that it is possible to use it up to atmospheric pressure for surface coating. The torch discharge works even in the liquid environment. Dedicated to Prof. Jan Janča on the occasion of his 60^th birthday. This work has been done in the frame of the Association for Education, Research and Application in Plasma-Chemical Processes and was financially supported by grants 202/98/0791 and 202/98/0666 of Grant Agency of Czech Republic and by project of Ministry of Education VT/97/020..     

Conditions for initiation of a discharge in a spherical gas gap with a plasma cathode

Russian Physics Journal - The flow of current in a gas gap between a concave plasma cathode and a positive electrode is considered. A simplified theoretical model is used to obtain the conditions...     

Interaction of a surface glow discharge with a gas flow

A surface glow discharge in a gas flow is of particular interest as a possible tool for controlling the flow past hypersonic aircrafts. Using a hydrodynamic model of glow discharge, two-dimensional calculations for a kilovolt surface discharge in nitrogen at a pressure of 0.5 Torr are carried out in a stationary gas, as well as in a flow with a velocity of 1000 m/s. The discharge structure and plasma parameters are investigated near a charged electrode. It is shown that the electron energy in a cathode layer reaches 250–300 eV. Discharge is sustained by secondary electron emission. The influence of a high-speed gas flow on the discharge is considered. It is shown that the cathode layer configuration is flow-resistant. The distributions of the electric field and electron energy, as well as the ionization rate profile in the cathode layer, do not change qualitatively under the action of the flow. The basic effect of the flow’s influence is a sharp decrease in the region of the quasineutral plasma surrounding the cathode layer due to fast convective transport of ions.     

Organic compounds removal in soil in a seven-needle-to-net pulsed discharge plasma system

A pulsed discharge plasma (PDP) system (a seven-needle-to-net electrode geometry) was built to degrade pyrene and p-nitrophenol in soil. Pulse discharge time, contents of the pollutants in the soil, the initial pH value of the soil, Kaolin and Cr⁶⁺ addition on removal of pollutants was investigated. The obtained results show that 60 min was the better treatment time; removal of organic compounds decreased with the increase of the contents; removal of pyrene was higher at neutral pH condition, while p-nitrophenol has more oxidation in the basic soil; Kaolin and Cr⁶⁺ addition has positive effect on the organic compounds degradation.     

Characteristics of surface glow discharge in a low-pressure supersonic gas flow

Kinetic particle-in-cell simulations are performed to examine the characteristics of the surface glow discharge in a supersonic nitrogen flow. The gas pressure is varied between 100 and 500 mTorr; the applied voltage, between −500 and −1000 V. The analysis focuses on the effect of boundary conditions at the dielectric barrier surrounding the electrodes on the electron energy distribution function. The potential on the dielectric is found by using a local balance condition for the electron and ion currents to the surface. The results of self-consistent simulations show that a negative potential on the dielectric substantially reduces the rate of high-energy electron loss from the bulk plasma and thus significantly changes the ionization rate, as well as plasma parameters and configuration.     

A spark channel plasma electrode for a CO2 laser gas discharge

A plasma electrode potentially suitable for dc discharge pumped lasers has been developed based on the repetitive creation of a spark channel. The high-density plasma is a source of charge carriers for the dc discharge, thereby largely eliminating the cathode and anode falls. Potential reduction improves with increasing spark repetition frequency until about 9 kHz, at which point the falls are virtually eliminated. Fortuitously, the most beneficial regime of plasma electrode operation also appears to coincide with the optimum E/N range for CO₂ laser vibrational excitation.     

Pulsed corona discharge driven by Marx generator: Diagnostics and optimization for NOx treatment

A compact, repetitive Marx generator with an external trigger is constructed and coupled with a wire-to-plate corona reactor for a positive pulsed corona discharge studies. The reactor resistance and capacitance behavior during the pulse was observed. It was found that the reactor's capacitance increases three times during the pulse due to the streamer propagation from anode to grounded electrode. Using the time development of the capacitance and resistance during the pulse and the reactor inter-electrode distance, the streamer velocity has been calculated to be 1 × 10⁶ m/s, for system arrangement presented in this work. As an indicator of chemical activity of pulsed corona, ozone production was measured. Emission spectroscopy measurements in the UV region were performed to detect species that appear in the discharge and to determine vibrational and rotational temperatures, which are found to be 3200 K and 340 K respectively. As a measure of pollution control potential of the constructed pulsed corona system, NO oxidation efficiency was investigated and compared with results presented in literature. It was shown that pulsed corona systems with significantly longer pulse durations are competitive with several times shorter pulse duration systems, which implies that chemical efficiency of secondary streamers is comparable with efficiency of primary streamers.     

Controlling chaos by a delayed continuous feedback in a gas discharge plasma

Control of chaos by a delayed continuous feedback is studied experimentally in a gas discharge plasma. The power spectrum, the maximum of Lyapunov exponents and the time series of the signals all indicate that the period-1 unstable periodic orbit is controlled successfully. The dependence of the control on the delay time and the feedback gain as well as the strength of white noise is also investigated in detail. The experimental results show that the scaling index of the control versus the strength of white noise is 1.995, which is very close to that obtained from the simple logistic map.     

Dispersion of acoustic waves in the plasma of a self-sustained gas discharge

The dispersion effects appearing during the propagation of acoustic waves through the plasma of a weakly ionized gas are studied. The main theoretical results are based on the equation of propagation of sound in the medium with the so-called Rayleigh energy release mechanism, which has been obtained earlier. Unlike the previous investigations, the problem of propagation of a perturbation from a source and not the problem of propagation of the initial perturbation is solved. In particular, the sources of an N-shaped shock wave and a wave in the form of a symmetrical step are analyzed in detail. It is shown that depending on the direction of wave propagation (along or across the electric field in a plasma), it degenerates either into a wave packet with a wave frequency lower than a certain frequency characterizing heating, or into a wave packet with a frequency higher than this value. In addition, a quantitative criterion is obtained, which makes it possible to estimate the plasma parameters for which it will be possible to observe the dispersion of acoustic waves in the plasma.     

On the charge of dust particles in a low-pressure gas discharge plasma

Self-consistent molecular-dynamics calculations of the charge of micron-size particles in a low-pressure gas-discharge plasma are performed. It is shown that charge exchange of ions on neutrals starts to affect the charge of dust particles at pressures corresponding to ion mean free paths much greater than the Debye radius. The computational results show that the potential of a particle depends nonmonotonically on the pressure and on the particle size.     

Investigation of the amplifying properties of a krypton gas discharge plasma

The characteristics of a gas discharge in krypton (at a pressure of several atmospheres), used as a medium for lasers based on excimer transitions in the VUV region, have been calculated. It is shown that, to achieve the threshold values of excimer concentration, a high preionization level and the shape of the applied voltage pulse are important factors. It has been found that the shape of the excimer emission pulse is determined, to a large extent, by stepwise processes with the participation of electrons and by the relaxation time of the electron energy.     

Anomalous kinetic energy of a system of dust particles in a gas discharge plasma

The system of equations of motion of dust particles in a near-electrode layer of a gas discharge has been formulated taking into account fluctuations of the charge of a dust particle and the features of the nearelectrode layer of the discharge. The molecular dynamics simulation of the system of dust particles has been carried out. Performing a theoretical analysis of the simulation results, a mechanism of increasing the average kinetic energy of dust particles in the gas discharge plasma has been proposed. According to this mechanism, the heating of the vertical oscillations of dust particles is initiated by induced oscillations generated by fluctuations of the charge of dust particles, and the energy transfer from vertical to horizontal oscillations can be based on the parametric resonance phenomenon. The combination of the parametric and induced resonances makes it possible to explain an anomalously high kinetic energy of dust particles. The estimate of the frequency, amplitude, and kinetic energy of dust particles are close to the respective experimental values.