On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results

A semiempirical Langmuir probe model is introduced that is particularly adapted to high-energy-density cutting arcs, for which, as we have shown in Part I, the ion current collected by negatively biased probes shows no plateau in the ion branch of the current-voltage (I-V) probe characteristic, and...

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Autores principales: Prevosto, L., Kelly, H., Minotti, F.
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Cutting arcs
Langmuir probes
Plasma diagnostic
Computer simulation
Current voltage characteristics
Mathematical models
Perturbation techniques
Plasma diagnostics
Plasma sheaths
High-energy-density cutting arcs
Space-charge sheath
Plasma arc cutting
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spelling todo:paper_00933813_v36PART2_n1_p271_Prevosto2023-10-03T14:55:33Z On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results Prevosto, L. Kelly, H. Minotti, F. Cutting arcs Langmuir probes Plasma diagnostic Computer simulation Current voltage characteristics Langmuir probes Mathematical models Perturbation techniques Plasma diagnostics Plasma sheaths High-energy-density cutting arcs Space-charge sheath Plasma arc cutting A semiempirical Langmuir probe model is introduced that is particularly adapted to high-energy-density cutting arcs, for which, as we have shown in Part I, the ion current collected by negatively biased probes shows no plateau in the ion branch of the current-voltage (I-V) probe characteristic, and the signal amplitude is independent of the probe radius. According to the model, the ion drag due to the high-velocity plasma flow around the probe limits the effectively collecting area to a small fraction of the probe surface. If, according to the experimental evidence, this fraction is made independent of the probe radius, then its value results proportional to the probe bias, and so no plateau is found, at least as long as the collecting area is less than (half) the probe surface, which happens only at rather high probe bias. The model requires the determination of the function relating the electric field (in the region between the unperturbed plasma and the space-charge sheath close to the probe) to the parameters of the problem. Dimensional analysis together with empirical information allow to restrict the form of this function to leave only an auxiliary dimensionless function, which can be argued to be practically constant and whose value can be determined between rather tight bounds. As an example, radial profiles of plasma temperature and density are obtained by applying the proposed model to the experimental values of a I-V probe characteristic obtained in Part I. The derived temperature profile is in good agreement with a previous published numerical simulation for a similar cutting torch. © 2008 IEEE. Fil:Kelly, H. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Minotti, F. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00933813_v36PART2_n1_p271_Prevosto
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topic Cutting arcs
Langmuir probes
Plasma diagnostic
Computer simulation
Current voltage characteristics
Langmuir probes
Mathematical models
Perturbation techniques
Plasma diagnostics
Plasma sheaths
High-energy-density cutting arcs
Space-charge sheath
Plasma arc cutting
spellingShingle Cutting arcs
Langmuir probes
Plasma diagnostic
Computer simulation
Current voltage characteristics
Langmuir probes
Mathematical models
Perturbation techniques
Plasma diagnostics
Plasma sheaths
High-energy-density cutting arcs
Space-charge sheath
Plasma arc cutting
Prevosto, L.
Kelly, H.
Minotti, F.
On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results
topic_facet Cutting arcs
Langmuir probes
Plasma diagnostic
Computer simulation
Current voltage characteristics
Langmuir probes
Mathematical models
Perturbation techniques
Plasma diagnostics
Plasma sheaths
High-energy-density cutting arcs
Space-charge sheath
Plasma arc cutting
description A semiempirical Langmuir probe model is introduced that is particularly adapted to high-energy-density cutting arcs, for which, as we have shown in Part I, the ion current collected by negatively biased probes shows no plateau in the ion branch of the current-voltage (I-V) probe characteristic, and the signal amplitude is independent of the probe radius. According to the model, the ion drag due to the high-velocity plasma flow around the probe limits the effectively collecting area to a small fraction of the probe surface. If, according to the experimental evidence, this fraction is made independent of the probe radius, then its value results proportional to the probe bias, and so no plateau is found, at least as long as the collecting area is less than (half) the probe surface, which happens only at rather high probe bias. The model requires the determination of the function relating the electric field (in the region between the unperturbed plasma and the space-charge sheath close to the probe) to the parameters of the problem. Dimensional analysis together with empirical information allow to restrict the form of this function to leave only an auxiliary dimensionless function, which can be argued to be practically constant and whose value can be determined between rather tight bounds. As an example, radial profiles of plasma temperature and density are obtained by applying the proposed model to the experimental values of a I-V probe characteristic obtained in Part I. The derived temperature profile is in good agreement with a previous published numerical simulation for a similar cutting torch. © 2008 IEEE.
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Kelly, H.
Minotti, F.
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Kelly, H.
Minotti, F.
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title On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results
title_short On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results
title_full On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results
title_fullStr On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results
title_full_unstemmed On the use of sweeping Langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - Part II: Interpretation of the results
title_sort on the use of sweeping langmuir probes in cutting-arc plasmas - part ii: interpretation of the results
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