The transport dynamics of tens of micrometer-sized water droplets in RF atmospheric pressure glow discharges

Nayak, Gaurav; Meyer, Mackenzie; Oinuma, Gaku; J Kushner, Mark; J Bruggeman, Peter

doi:10.1088/1361-6595/acc54a

Title: The transport dynamics of tens of micrometer-sized water droplets in RF atmospheric pressure glow discharges

Journal Article · 12 April 2023 · Plasma Sources Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acc54a · OSTI ID:1969594

; Meyer, Mackenzie; Oinuma, Gaku;

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Abstract Charging of particles having diameters of tens of microns has been extensively studied at atmospheric pressure in the context of, for example, electrostatic precipitators where the focus was on unipolar charging. The ambipolar charging of particles in atmospheric pressure plasmas, and of droplets in particular, has received less attention. The plasma activation of droplets is of interest for water purification, fertilizer production and materials synthesis, all of which depend on the transport of the droplets through the plasma, which in turn depends on their charging. In this paper, we report on the transport dynamics of water droplets, tens of microns in diameter, carried by the gas flow through an atmospheric pressure radiofrequency glow discharge sustained in helium. The droplets pass through the plasma with minimal evaporation and without reaching the Rayleigh limit. The droplet trajectory in the presence and absence of the plasma provides insights on the forces acting on the droplet. The measurements were analyzed using results from a three-dimensional fluid model and a two-dimensional plasma hydrodynamics model. We found that the transport dynamics as the droplet enters and leaves the plasma are due to differential charging of the droplet in the plasma gradients of the bounding sheaths to the plasma.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Army Research Office; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020232

OSTI ID:: 1969594

Journal Information:: Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Journal Name: Plasma Sources Science and Technology Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 32; ISSN 0963-0252

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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