Experimental and theoretical study of a low-frequency inductive discharge of the transformer type

The electrophysical and thermophysical characteristics of a low-frequency inductive discharge of the transformer type were studied in argon within a wide range of discharge parameters: densities of discharge current from 0.1 to 0.8 A/cm 2 and argon pressures from 15 to 6000 Pa. A simplified model of...

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Published in:Thermophysics and aeromechanics 2014-10, Vol.21 (5), p.651-662
Main Authors: Isupov, M. V., Fedoseev, A. V., Sukhinin, G. I., Ulanov, I. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Thermodynamics
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Summary:The electrophysical and thermophysical characteristics of a low-frequency inductive discharge of the transformer type were studied in argon within a wide range of discharge parameters: densities of discharge current from 0.1 to 0.8 A/cm 2 and argon pressures from 15 to 6000 Pa. A simplified model of the low-frequency inductive discharge of the transformer type, based on simultaneous solution to the balance equations for electrons and metastable atoms at the axis of the gas-discharge tube and balance equations for gas temperature and electron energy, was developed. Dependence of electric field strength of the low-frequency inductive discharge of the transformer type on argon pressure and discharge current was calculated. It is shown that calculation results agree with the measurement data and describe their main features: descending voltage-current characteristic of discharge and local minimum in pressure dependence of electric field strength.
ISSN:0869-8643
1531-8699
DOI:10.1134/S086986431405014X