| Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 47, Number 2, August 2009
11th International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE XI)
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| Article Number | 22802 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | 11th International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE XI) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2009081 | |
| Published online | 14 May 2009 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2009081
Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasmas for aeronautic applications
1
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
2
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Palmdale, CA 93599, USA
Corresponding author: miles@Princeton.EDU
Received:
27
November
2008
Accepted:
12
February
2009
Published online:
14
May
2009
Dielectric barrier surface discharges (DBD) have the potential to act as flush mounted flow control devices for separation control and other aeronautic applications. A pulse-sustained plasma with the ions driven by a DC bias voltage is proposed for optimum performance. While characterizing these devices, it was found that their performance is severely limited by surface charge build-up. That charge builds up rapidly and remains for as long as hours. Work in this paper shows that the surface charge can be mitigated by using a reversing DC bias potential or by using a constant DC bias potential with a partially covered electrode.
PACS: 52.40.Hf – Plasma-material interactions; boundary layer effects / 47.85.L- – Flow control / 52.80.-S – Electric discharges
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