Optical diagnostics of streamer discharges in atmospheric gases

M Šimek - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews optical diagnostic methods and approaches applied to study the
fundamentals of streamer discharges, considering the peculiarities of streamers developing …

Recent advances in theory of transient luminous events

VP Pasko - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an overview of the recent modeling efforts directed to the interpretation
of observed features of transient luminous events termed sprites, blue jets, and gigantic jets …

Air plasma kinetics under the influence of sprites

FJ Gordillo-Vázquez - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
A full time-dependent kinetic study is presented for the main microscopic collisional and
radiative processes underlying the optical flashes associated with an impulsive (τ= 5 µs) …

Gas phase formaldehyde degradation: Continuous versus duty cycle driven plasma reactor

OB Dhakal, R Dahal, P Lamichhane… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated the degradation of formaldehyde (HCHO) using continuous plasma
reactor (CPR) and duty cycle driven plasma reactor (DCPR) to obtain insights into reactor …

Red sprite discharges in the atmosphere at high altitude: the molecular physics and the similarity with laboratory discharges

VP Pasko - Plasma sources science and technology, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of the general phenomenology and physical mechanism of large-scale
electrical discharges termed'sprites' observed at high altitude in the Earth's atmosphere …

Space and time analysis of the nanosecond scale discharges in atmospheric pressure air: I. Gas temperature and vibrational distribution function of N2 and O2

A Lo, A Cessou, P Boubert… - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Reliable experimental data on nanosecond discharge plasmas in air become more and
more crucial considering their interest in a wide field of applications. However, the …

Spatially resolved diagnostics of an atmospheric pressure direct current helium microplasma

Q Wang, I Koleva, VM Donnelly… - Journal of Physics D …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical emission spectroscopy measurements were performed with added trace probe
gases in an atmospheric pressure direct current helium microplasma. Spatially resolved …

Electric field determination in air plasmas from intensity ratio of nitrogen spectral bands: I. Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification of dominant processes

A Obrusník, P Bílek, T Hoder, M Šimek… - … Sources Science and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The ratio of the spectral band intensities of the first negative and second positive spectral
systems of molecular nitrogen is a well recognized method for indirect determination of the …

Multi-hollow surface dielectric barrier discharge: an ozone generator with flexible performance and supreme efficiency

T Homola, V Prukner, P Hoffer… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This contribution investigates the effects of duty cycle and mass flow of synthetic air and
oxygen on the efficiency of ozone generation in multi-hollow surface dielectric barrier …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the impact of transient luminous events on the atmospheric chemistry: Past, present, and future

FJ Gordillo-Vázquez, FJ Pérez-Invernón - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Atmospheric electricity has been intensively studied during the last 30 years after the
discovery in 1989 of different forms of upper atmospheric electrical discharges (so–called …