Production of atmospheric-pressure glow discharge in nitrogen using needle-array electrode
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551 (Japan)
An atmospheric pressure glow discharge was generated using a needle-array electrode in nitrogen, and the voltage-current characteristics of the glow discharge were obtained in a range from 1 mA to 60 A. A pulsed high voltage with short rise time under 10 ns was employed to generate streamer discharges simultaneously at all needle tips. The large number of streamer discharges prevented the glow-to-arc transition caused by inhomogeneous thermalization. Semiconductor opening switch diodes were employed as an opening switch to shorten the rise time. The glow voltage was almost constant until the discharge current became 0.3 A, whereas the voltage increased with the current higher than 0.3 A. Electron density and temperature in a positive column of the glow discharge at 60 A were obtained to 1.4x10{sup 12} cm{sup -3} and 1.3 eV from calculation based on nitrogen swarm data.
- OSTI ID:
- 20702291
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 86, Issue 15; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1905801; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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