Reduction of Carbondioxide by AC Glow Discharge

Simulation and Model Reduction Methodsfor an RF Plasma Glow Discharge

In this paper, we report on numerical solutions and model reduction results for a plasma glow discharge model with a radio frequency ionization source. A pseudospectral implementation of a global spectral method was found to give accurate simulation results that correctly reflected the expected physical behavior of an argon plasma under the simulated operating conditions. Numerical residual ana...

Radiation Produced by Glow Discharge in Deuterium

Radiation produced by low-voltage discharge in a gas containing deuterium was measured using a Geiger counter located within the apparatus. This radiation was found to consist of energetic particles that were produced only when the voltage was above a critical value. In addition, the emission was very sensitive to the presence of oxygen in the gas. In the presence of the required conditions, em...

Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers by a Glow-arc Discharge

Mineralization of aqueous pentachlorophenolate by anodic contact glow discharge electrolysis.

Exhaustive mineralization of pentachlorophenolate ion (PCP) in phosphate buffer was carried out using anodic contact glow discharge electrolysis (CGDE), in which plasma was sustained between the electrolyte and anode. During CGDE, PCP degraded smoothly. The amount of total organic carbon decreased significantly, indicating the eventual conversion of the carbon atoms of benzene nucleus to inorga...

Glow discharge plasma switch controlled by a small magnetic field

A cold plasma switch scheme with opening and closing capabilities is reported. An externally applied magnetic field causes a low pressure hollow cathode discharge to transition from a low impedance mode sustained by oscillating beam electrons into a virtually collisionless high impedance mode. The impedance of a 10 A discharge was demonstrated to increase by 20 with the application of a field o...