An Introduction to Gas Discharges
An Introduction to Gas Discharges

Author: A. M. Howatson

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1483138364

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An Introduction to Gas Discharges: Second Edition aims to provide a compact introduction to the subject of gas discharges, which continues to make both scientific and industrial progress. In this second edition, the author has made minor corrections, rewritten and expanded some sections, used SI units and modernized notions, in hopes of making the book more up to date. Included in the book is a short history of the subject, an introduction that enumerates the types of gas discharges, the fundamental processes, and then moves on to the more specific areas such as the breakdown, the self-sustaining discharge, equilibrium, plasma properties and measurements, and the technological applications of gas discharges. Concise and easy to understand, the text is for students and researchers who wish to learn the subject and prepare them for more advanced readings.

Introduction to Simulation Methods for Gas Discharge Plasmas
Introduction to Simulation Methods for Gas Discharge Plasmas

Author: Ismail Rafatov

Publisher: Myprint

Published: 2020-12-13

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780750323611

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Gas discharge plasma is the most common type of low-temperature plasma, with a large number of practical applications covering almost all areas of modern science and technology. This book is an introduction to the numerical modeling methods for gas discharge plasmas. It is intended to assist and direct graduate students and junior researchers, whose research activity deals with computational plasma physics. Topics covered include the essentials of basic modelling approaches (particle, fluid, and hybrid) for gas discharges, and the implementation of these methods with examples of glow (DC and RF) discharges. Numerical studies of nonlinear dynamics and formation of spatio-temporal patterns in gas discharge systems are also presented. Key Features Focuses solely on gas discharge plasmas Covers basic modelling techniques, including particle, fluid, and hybrid Provides details of applications and implementation for the considered methods Special emphasis is given to the applicability and reliability of different modelling techniques Provides specific examples of numerical simulations of the gas discharge plasmas

Theory of Gas Discharge Plasma
Theory of Gas Discharge Plasma

Author: Boris M. Smirnov

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-17

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 3319110659

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This book presents the theory of gas discharge plasmas in a didactical way. It explains the processes in gas discharge plasmas. A gas discharge plasma is an ionized gas which is supported by an external electric field. Therefore its parameters are determined by processes in it. The properties of a gas discharge plasma depend on its gas component, types of external fields, their geometry and regimes of gas discharge. Fundamentals of a gas discharge plasma include elementary, radiative and transport processes which are included in its kinetics influence. They are represented in this book together with the analysis of simple gas discharges. These general principles are applied to stationary gas discharge plasmas of helium and argon. The analysis of such plasmas under certain conditions is theoretically determined by numerical plasma parameters for given regimes and conditions.

Theoretical and Computational Physics of Gas Discharge Phenomena
Theoretical and Computational Physics of Gas Discharge Phenomena

Author: Sergey T. Surzhikov

Publisher: de Gruyter

Published: 2020-03-23

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9783110646351

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This work concerns the computational modelling of the dynamics of partially ionized gases, with emphasis on electrodischarge processes. Understanding gas discharges is fundamental for many processes in mechanics, manufacturing, materials science, and aerospace engineering. This second edition has been expanded to include the latest developments in the field, especially regarding the drift-diffusion model and rarefied hypersonic flow.

Gas Discharge and Gas Insulation
Gas Discharge and Gas Insulation

Author: Dengming Xiao

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 3662480417

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of research on environmentally friendly insulating gases, in response to the urgent calls for developing alternatives to SF6 due to the increasing awareness of the threat it poses as a greenhouse gas. It covers gas dielectrics, SF6 and its mixtures, and potential alternative gases, providing fundamental information on gas discharge and gas insulation and especially focusing on the development of new environmentally friendly insulating gases over the last decade. The book begins by describing the insulating and arcing characteristics of SF6, followed by an introduction to the gas dielectrics performance of SF6 gas mixtures with buffer gases. The latest findings on new environmentally friendly insulating gases are described in detail, and suggestions for practical application are also provided. Graduate students and teachers involved in high-voltage and insulation engineering can use the book as teaching material. Researchers working in plasma science, laser action and related applied physics fields can also benefit from the book’s analytical approach and detailed data; engineers from the fields of electric power operation systems and electrical manufacturing will find it a valuable reference work for solving practical problems.

Introduction to the Kinetics of Glow Discharges
Introduction to the Kinetics of Glow Discharges

Author: Chengxun Yuan

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Published: 2018-08-20

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1643270605

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Electric glow discharges (glows) can be found almost everywhere, from atmospheric electricity to modern plasma technologies, and have long been the object of research. The main purpose of this book is to provide simple illustrations of the basic physical mechanisms and principles that determine the properties of electric glow discharges. It should enable readers to successfully participate in scientific and technical progress.

Introduction to Gas Lasers: Population Inversion Mechanisms
Introduction to Gas Lasers: Population Inversion Mechanisms

Author: Colin S. Willett

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-05-17

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1483158799

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Introduction to Gas Lasers: Population Inversion Mechanisms focuses on important processes in gas discharge lasers and basic atomic collision processes that operate in a gas laser. Organized into six chapters, this book first discusses the historical development and basic principles of gas lasers. Subsequent chapters describe the selective excitation processes in gas discharges and the specific neutral, ionized and molecular laser systems. This book will be a valuable reference on the behavior of gas-discharge lasers to anyone already in the field.

Plasma Chemistry and Catalysis in Gases and Liquids
Plasma Chemistry and Catalysis in Gases and Liquids

Author: Vasile I. Parvulescu

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 3527330062

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Filling the gap for a book that covers not only plasma in gases but also in liquids, this is all set to become the standard reference for this topic. It provides a broad-based overview of plasma-chemical and plasmacatalytic processes generated by electrical discharges in gases, liquids and gas/liquid environments in both fundamental and applied aspects by focusing on their environmental and green applications and also taking into account their practical and economic viability. With the topics addressed by an international group of major experts, this is a must-have for scientists, engineers, students and postdoctoral researchers specializing in this field.