Plasma Reactors and Plasma Thrusters Modeling by Ar Complete Global Models
Author(s) -
Chloé Berenguer,
K. Katsonis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of aerospace engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1687-5974
pISSN - 1687-5966
DOI - 10.1155/2012/740869
Subject(s) - plasma , argon , excited state , atomic physics , ionization , power (physics) , nuclear engineering , materials science , physics , mechanics , ion , engineering , thermodynamics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
A complete global model for argon was developed and adapted to plasma reactor and plasma thruster modeling. It takes into consideration ground level and excited Ar and Ar+ species and the reactor and thruster form factors. The electronic temperature, the species densities, and the ionization percentage, depending mainly on the pressure and the absorbed power, have been obtained and commented for various physical conditions
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