A numerical study of the effect of water content on OH production in a pulsed-dc atmospheric pressure helium-air plasma jet is presented. The generation and loss mechanisms of the OH radicals in a positive half-cycle ...A numerical study of the effect of water content on OH production in a pulsed-dc atmospheric pressure helium-air plasma jet is presented. The generation and loss mechanisms of the OH radicals in a positive half-cycle of the applied voltage are studied and discussed. It is found that the peak OH density increases with water content in air （varying from 0% to 1%） and reaches 6.3 x 10^18 m-3 when the water content is 1%. Besides, as the water content increases from 0.01% to 1%, the space-averaged reaction rate of three-body recombination increases dramatically and is comparable to those of main OH generation reactions.展开更多
A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is employed to investigate the streamer dynamics in a helium plasma needle at atmospheric pressure. A parametric study of the streamer propagatio...A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is employed to investigate the streamer dynamics in a helium plasma needle at atmospheric pressure. A parametric study of the streamer propagation as a function of needle tip curvature radius and helium gas flow rate is presented. The key chemical reactions at the He/air mixing layer which drive the streamer propagation are the direct ionization via collision with electrons, the Penning effect being not so crucial. With increasing the gas flow rate from 0.2 standard liter per minute（SLM） to 0.8 SLM, however, the emissions resulting from reactive oxygen and nitrogen species change from a solid circle to a hollow profile and the average streamer propagation velocity decreases. Air impurities（backdiffusion from ambient air） in the helium jet result in a significant increase in the streamer propagation velocity. Besides, with decreasing the tip curvature radiusfrom 200 μm to 100 μm,the electron avalanche process around the near-tip region is more pronounced. However, the spatially resolved plasma parameters distributions（electron, helium metastables, ground state atomic oxygen, etc.） remain almost the same, except that around the near-tip region where their peak values are more than doubled.展开更多
In this paper, a computational modeling study of stream propagation in the atmospheric-pressure helium plasma in ambient atmosphere（oxygen） is presented. A coupled fluid model between time-dependent plasma dynamics ...In this paper, a computational modeling study of stream propagation in the atmospheric-pressure helium plasma in ambient atmosphere（oxygen） is presented. A coupled fluid model between time-dependent plasma dynamics and steady state neutral gas flow is employed to provide a fundamental insight into the evolution of the streamers. The obtained simulation results showing that the sheath forms near the dielectric surface and shields the axial stream propagation. The stream front propagates with axial velocity in a range of 10^4m/s–10^5m/s. And, the increasing accumulated surface charge should be responsible for reducing the propagation velocity of the streamer front in the axial direction. Besides, when the gas flow rate is 1.1 standard liter per minute（SLM）, we find that the concentration of oxygen drastically increases at a larger radial position near a treated surface. Therefore, Penning ionization by helium metastables and oxygen peaks at an off-axis position, corresponding to the ring-shaped emission profile in cylindrical coordinates. In this case, the simulated results show the ring-shaped ground atomic oxygen density profile near the treated surface（z = 0.5 mm） at a large gas flow rate of 1.1 SLM, which is consistent with the observation in a similar experiment.展开更多
A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is presented to explain the two distinctive patterns of ground-state atomic oxygen density profiles that have been observed experimentally in the...A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is presented to explain the two distinctive patterns of ground-state atomic oxygen density profiles that have been observed experimentally in the helium plasma needle discharge. When the gas flow rate is 0.25 standard liter per minute （SLM）, the discharge is substantially sustained by the electron impact ionization of air near a dielectric surface, corresponding to the radial density peaks along the axis of the symmetry. However, as the flow rate is 1.1 SLM, Penning ionization between helium metastables and surrounding air dominates the ionization reactions and peaks at an off-center position （r = 0.9 mm）, which indicates the ring-shaped density distribution. The critical feeding gas flow rate is found to be around 0.4SLM. The peak density is on the order of 1020 m-3 in our case. Previous reports of a flow-dependent bacterial killing pattern and ground-state atomic oxygen measurement support our simulation results.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11465013)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province,China(Grant No.20151BAB212012)the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China(Grant No.2015DFA61800)
文摘A numerical study of the effect of water content on OH production in a pulsed-dc atmospheric pressure helium-air plasma jet is presented. The generation and loss mechanisms of the OH radicals in a positive half-cycle of the applied voltage are studied and discussed. It is found that the peak OH density increases with water content in air （varying from 0% to 1%） and reaches 6.3 x 10^18 m-3 when the water content is 1%. Besides, as the water content increases from 0.01% to 1%, the space-averaged reaction rate of three-body recombination increases dramatically and is comparable to those of main OH generation reactions.
基金Project supported partly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11465013)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province+1 种基金China(Grant No.20151BAB212012)in part by the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China(Grant No.2015DFA61800)
文摘A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is employed to investigate the streamer dynamics in a helium plasma needle at atmospheric pressure. A parametric study of the streamer propagation as a function of needle tip curvature radius and helium gas flow rate is presented. The key chemical reactions at the He/air mixing layer which drive the streamer propagation are the direct ionization via collision with electrons, the Penning effect being not so crucial. With increasing the gas flow rate from 0.2 standard liter per minute（SLM） to 0.8 SLM, however, the emissions resulting from reactive oxygen and nitrogen species change from a solid circle to a hollow profile and the average streamer propagation velocity decreases. Air impurities（backdiffusion from ambient air） in the helium jet result in a significant increase in the streamer propagation velocity. Besides, with decreasing the tip curvature radiusfrom 200 μm to 100 μm,the electron avalanche process around the near-tip region is more pronounced. However, the spatially resolved plasma parameters distributions（electron, helium metastables, ground state atomic oxygen, etc.） remain almost the same, except that around the near-tip region where their peak values are more than doubled.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11465013)the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China(Grant No.2015DFA61800)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province,China(Grant No.20151BAB212012)
文摘In this paper, a computational modeling study of stream propagation in the atmospheric-pressure helium plasma in ambient atmosphere（oxygen） is presented. A coupled fluid model between time-dependent plasma dynamics and steady state neutral gas flow is employed to provide a fundamental insight into the evolution of the streamers. The obtained simulation results showing that the sheath forms near the dielectric surface and shields the axial stream propagation. The stream front propagates with axial velocity in a range of 10^4m/s–10^5m/s. And, the increasing accumulated surface charge should be responsible for reducing the propagation velocity of the streamer front in the axial direction. Besides, when the gas flow rate is 1.1 standard liter per minute（SLM）, we find that the concentration of oxygen drastically increases at a larger radial position near a treated surface. Therefore, Penning ionization by helium metastables and oxygen peaks at an off-axis position, corresponding to the ring-shaped emission profile in cylindrical coordinates. In this case, the simulated results show the ring-shaped ground atomic oxygen density profile near the treated surface（z = 0.5 mm） at a large gas flow rate of 1.1 SLM, which is consistent with the observation in a similar experiment.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11465013 and 61261006, and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province under Grant No 20151BAB212012, and in part by the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China under Grant 2015DFA61800.
文摘A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is presented to explain the two distinctive patterns of ground-state atomic oxygen density profiles that have been observed experimentally in the helium plasma needle discharge. When the gas flow rate is 0.25 standard liter per minute （SLM）, the discharge is substantially sustained by the electron impact ionization of air near a dielectric surface, corresponding to the radial density peaks along the axis of the symmetry. However, as the flow rate is 1.1 SLM, Penning ionization between helium metastables and surrounding air dominates the ionization reactions and peaks at an off-center position （r = 0.9 mm）, which indicates the ring-shaped density distribution. The critical feeding gas flow rate is found to be around 0.4SLM. The peak density is on the order of 1020 m-3 in our case. Previous reports of a flow-dependent bacterial killing pattern and ground-state atomic oxygen measurement support our simulation results.
