Spectroscopic Observation of He Arcjet Plasma Expanding Through a Converging and Diverging Slit Nozzle | Zendy

K. Kozue | Zendy; Shinichi Namba | Zendy; T. Endo | Zendy; Ken Takiyama | Zendy; N. Tamura | Zendy

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Spectroscopic Observation of He Arcjet Plasma Expanding Through a Converging and Diverging Slit Nozzle

Author(s) -

K. Kozue,

Shinichi Namba,

T. Endo,

Ken Takiyama,

N. Tamura

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

engineering journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.246

H-Index - 20

ISSN - 0125-8281

DOI - 10.4186/ej.2013.17.5.7

Subject(s) - arcjet rocket , nozzle , slit , plasma , materials science , optics , aerospace engineering , physics , engineering , nuclear physics

An arcjet plasma generator with a converging and diverging slit nozzle was constructed. This plasma source allowed us to directly observe the arc plasma in the discharge section, which provided useful information about a transition from ionizing thermal plasma to recombining phase. Spatial distributions of the electron temperature and density in the rectangular shaped anode nozzle were evaluated by visible emission spectroscopy. The temperature and density for a discharge current of 20 A were determined to be ~0.18 eV and ~3.7×1013 cm-3, respectively, at the nozzle throat. The values on the jet axis were compared with those calculated by the gas dynamic theory on one dimensional slit nozzle.

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