Pulsed nanosecond discharge in air at high specific deposited energy: fast gas heating and active particles productionстатья
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Аннотация:The results of a numerical study of kinetic processes initiated by pulsed nanosecond discharge in air at high specific deposited energy, when the dissociation degree of oxygen molecules is high, are presented. The calculations of temporal dynamics of electron concentration, density of atomic oxygen, vibrational distribution function of nitrogen molecules, and gas temperature agree with the experimental data. It was shown that quenching of electronically excited states of nitrogen N2(B3Пg), N2(С3Пu), N2(a'1Sig) by oxygen molecules leads to the dissociation of O2. This conclusion is based on the comparison of calculated dynamics of atomic oxygen in air, excited by pulsed nanosecond discharge, with experimental data.
In air plasma at a high dissociation degree of oxygen molecules ([O]/[O2] >10%), relaxation of electronic energy of atoms and molecules in reactions with O atoms becomes extremely important. Active production of NO molecules and fast gas heating in the discharge plasma due to the quenching of electronically excited N2(B3Пg, C3Пu, a'1Sig) molecules by oxygen atoms should be noted. Owing to the high O atoms density, electrons are effectively detached from negative ions in the discharge afterglow. As a result, the decay of plasma in the afterglow is determined by electron-ion recombination, and the electron density remains relatively high between the pulses.
An increase of vibrational temperature of nitrogen molecules at the periphery of plasma channel at time delay t = 1 - 30 mks after the discharge was obtained. This is due to the intense gas heating and as a result, gas-dynamic expansion of a hot gas channel. Vibrationally excited N2(v) molecules produced near the discharge axis move from the axial region to the periphery. Consequently, at the periphery the vibrational temperature of nitrogen molecules is increased.