Abstract
The main characteristics of the pulsed arc, operating gas, and discharge process, which are available for immediate registration during the full-scale experiment on the powerful pulsed plasma generators , are:
-
Discharge current
-
Voltage drop across the arc
-
Initial and pulsed gas pressure in the discharge chamber of the generator
-
Erosion of the electrodes
-
Discharge duration.
On the basis of these data, the following parameters are calculated:
-
Peak and average power of the discharge
-
Arc resistance
-
Energy inputted into the arc
-
Electric charge
-
Internal energy of the gas
-
Average gas temperature.
These parameters are used to determine such characteristics of the generator:
-
Coefficient of the power supply energy conversion into the arc
-
Coefficient of the arc electrical energy conversion into the internal energy of the gas
-
Specific erosion of the electrodes
-
Apparent molecular weight of the gas
-
Speed of sound in the gas, etc.
The nature and the parameters of the arc for the particular type of the discharge chamber are determined by many factors which are from the power supply parameters to the chemical composition of the electrode material. During researches, some factors that mainly determine the nature of the arcing and arc’s parameters were identified. These factors are next:
-
Capacitance and inductance of the power supply
-
Inductance and resistance of the discharge circuit
-
Charging voltage
-
Gas and its initial pressure
-
Interelectrode gap
-
Material and shape of the electrodes
-
Configuration and volume of the discharge chamber.
At this, we must remember of the significant impact of nonlinear arc parameters (resistance and inductance) on the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the discharge current. Thus, there is a multifactorial interaction of the initial conditions of the experiment and the load, and their joint impact on the characteristics of the discharge process.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
V.A. Kolikov, Doctoral thesis, St.-Petersburg, 2005 (in Russian)
I.A. Glebov, F.G. Rutberg, High-Power Plasma Generators (Moscow, 1985) (in Russian)
G.A. Ljubimov, Experimental Researches of Plasma Generators (Novosibirsk, 1977) (in Russian)
Y.B. Zel’dovich and Y.P. Raizer, Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena (New York, 1966)
S. Krist, P.M. Sherman, G.R. Glass, Sov. J. Aerosp. Sci. 1, 87 (1966) (in Russian)
A.A. Bogomaz, Doctoral thesis, St.-Petersburg, 2012 (in Russian)
V.A. Nemchinskiy, Sov. J. Tech. Phys. 52, 35 (1982) (in Russian)
V.A. Nemchinskiy, Sov. J. Tech. Phys. 52, 235 (1983) (in Russian)
P.G. Rutberg, A.V. Budin, V.A. Kolikov, B.P. Levchenko, V.V. Leontiev, I.P. Makarevich, N.A. Shirokov, High Temp. 32, 589 (1994)
O.B. Bron, L.K. Sushkov, Plasma Flows in an Electric Arch of Switching Off Devices (Leningrad, 1975) (in Russian)
B.V. Zamyshlyaev, E.L. Stupitskiy, A.G. Guz’, V.G. Zhukov, Composition and Thermodynamic Functions of Plasma, Handbook (Moscow, 1984) (in Russian)
P.G. Rutberg, A.A. Bogomaz, A.V. Budin, V.A. Kolikov, M.E. Pinchuk, A.A. Pozubenkov, Tech. Phys. 47, 26 (2002)
P.G. Rutberg, A.A. Bogomaz, A.V. Budin, V.A. Kolikov, A.G. Kuprin, Izvestia RAS. Energy 1, 100 (1998) (in Russian)
A.A. Bogomaz, in Materials of Seminars—Schools of Young Scientists, Students and Post-Graduate Students (Petrozavodsk, 2004) (in Russian)
I.M. Podgornuiy, Lectures on Plasma Diagnostics (Moskow, 1968) (in Russian)
A.A. Bogomaz, A.V. Budin, S.V. Zakharenkov, V.A. Kolikov, A.I. Kulishevich, I.P. Makarevich, A.F. Savvateev, P.G. Rutberg, Izvestia RAS. Energy 1, 64 (1998) (in Russian)
P.G. Rutberg, A.A. Bogomaz, A.V. Budin, V.A. Kolikov, A.G. Kuprin, Izvestia RAS. Energy 1, 100 (1998) (in Russian)
G.A. Mesjats, Ectons in the Vacuum Discharge: Breakdown, a Spark, an Arch (Moskow, 2000) (in Russian)
G.A. Ljubimov, V.I. Rahovskiy, Sov. J. Adv. Phys. Sci. 125, 665 (1978) (in Russian)
B. Juttner, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. PS-15, 474 (1987)
V.I. Rahovskiy, Physical Bases of Switching of an Electric Current in Vacuum (Moskow, 1970) (in Russian)
P.L. Kalantarov, L.A. Tseitlin, Calculation of Inductances (Leningrad, 1986) (in Russian)
B.E. Fridman, P.G. Rutberg, in Conference Physics of Low-Temperature Plasmas (Petrozavodsk, 1995) (in Russian)
G.S. Belkin, V.J. Kiselev, Sov. J. Tech. Phys. 36, 384 (1966) (in Russian)
D.J. Sherklif, Course of Magnetic Hydrodynamics (Moskow, 1967) (in Russian)
J.P. Knjazev, E.S. Borovik, R.V. Mitin, V.I. Petrenko, Sov. J. Tech. Phys. 37, 523 (1967) (in Russian)
V.I. Petrenko, R.V. Mitin, J.P. Knjazev, A.V. Zvjagintsev, Sov. J. Tech. Phys. 379, 1827 (1969) (in Russian)
M.E. Pinchuk, PhD thesis, St. Petersburg, 2004 (in Russian)
N.B. Vargaftik, Directory on Thermophysical Properties of Gases and Liquids (Moskow, 1972) (in Russian)
Y.P. Raizer, Physics of Gas Discharge (Moskow, 1987) (in Russian)
V.E. Fortov, I.T. Jakubov, Nonideal Plasma, (Moskow, 1994) (in Russian)
W.B. Leung, N.M. March, Plasma Phys. 19, 277 (1977)
H. Lee, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 18, 425 (1985)
A.M. Voronov, PhD thesis, St. Petersburg, 1992 (in Russian)
S.E. Frish, Optical Spectra of Atoms (Moskow, 1963) (in Russian)
V.P. Kopushev, V.V. Hrustalev, Sov. J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys. 1, 122 (1980) (in Russian)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kolikov, V., Bogomaz, A., Budin, A. (2018). Parameters of the Arc. In: Powerful Pulsed Plasma Generators. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 101. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95249-9_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95249-9_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-95248-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-95249-9
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)