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Spark Temperature Enhancement by Adding a Parallel Capacitor in High Voltage Circuit
Author(s) -
Pavlov M.,
Djurović S.,
Kobilarov R.,
Vujičić B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150300405
Subject(s) - spark (programming language) , capacitor , materials science , ignition system , arc (geometry) , voltage , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , computer science , physics , mechanical engineering , thermodynamics , programming language , engineering
Temperature of sparks produced by automotive ignition systems have been measured spectro‐scopically. It is shown that by adding a capacitor of the order of 10 to 100 pF, temperature of the arc phase of a spark can be considerably increased.
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