Turbulent jet flow generated downstream of a low temperature dielectric barrier atmospheric pressure plasma device

Whalley, RD and Walsh, JL ORCID: 0000-0002-6318-0892 (2016) Turbulent jet flow generated downstream of a low temperature dielectric barrier atmospheric pressure plasma device. Scientific Reports, 6 (1). 31756-.

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Abstract

© The Author(s) 2016.Flowing low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma devices have been used in many technological applications ranging from energy efficient combustion through to wound healing and cancer therapy. The generation of the plasma causes a sudden onset of turbulence in the inhomogeneous axisymmetric jet flow downstream of the plasma plume. The mean turbulent velocity fields are shown to be self-similar and independent of the applied voltage used to generate the plasma. It is proposed that the production of turbulence is related to a combination of the small-amplitude plasma induced body forces and gas heating causing perturbations in the unstable shear layers at the jet exit which grow as they move downstream, creating turbulence.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2016 08:59
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:30
DOI:	10.1038/srep31756
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003276