Fundamentals of plasma simulation

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Computer simulation for teaching membrane potential fundamentals.

A computer simulation of membrane potential generation is presented. It allows the user to vary the intra and extracellular concentrations of sodium, potassium and chloride ions (Na+, K+ and Cl-), and determine the membrane potential and the equilibrium potential for each ion. The permeability coefficients for the ionic species considered, and the temperature may also be changed at will. Concen...

Simulation of a Helium Atmospheric Plasma Jet Using Fluid Equations

In this study, a cold atmospheric He plasma jet is investigated. The jet is of dielectric barrier discharge type, consisting of a dielectric tube with two metal ring electrodes. The continuity, momentum and energy conservation equations as well as the Poisson equation for obtaining the potential and the electric field, accompanied with the ideal gas laws, are used for the simulation. The result...

Special issue on fundamentals of plasma–surface interactions

Concurrent Simulation of Plasma Reactors

This paper summarizes the computational techniques behind a novel concurrent simulation method used for studying the neutral ow inside plasma reactors. The technique is intended to cope with low pressure ow (less than 1.5 Torr) in realistic three-dimensional ge-ometries. It is based on the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method to accurately model rareeed gas ow. The concurrent formulation operat...