Effects of water addition on OH radical generation and plasma properties in an atmospheric argon microwave plasma jet
Effects of water addition on OH radical generation and plasma properties in an atmospheric argon microwave plasma jet
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3632970
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发表时间:
2011-09
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
N. Srivastava;Chuji Wang
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作者:
N. Srivastava;Chuji Wang
Water vapor was added to the feeding gas of a continuous atmospheric argon (Ar) microwave plasma jet to study its influence on plasma shape, plasma gas temperature, and OH radical concentrations. The plasma jet was created by a 2.45 GHz microwave plasma source operating at constant power of 104 W with H2O-Ar mixture flow rate of 1.7 standard liter per minute (slm). With an increase in the H2O/Ar ratio from 0.0 to 1.9%, the plasma jet column length decreased from 11 mm to 4 mm, and the plasma jet became unstable when the ratio was higher than 1.9%; elevation of plasma gas temperature up to 330 K was observed in the plasma temperature range of 420-910 K. Optical emission spectroscopy showed that the dominant plasma emissions changed from N2 in the pure Ar plasma jet to OH with the addition of water vapor, and simulations of emission spectra suggested non-Boltzmann distribution of the rotational levels in the OH A-state (v'=0). Spatially resolved absolute OH number densities along the plasma jet axis were me...