Investigation and diagnostics of plasma flows in a pulsed plasma accelerator for experimental modelling of processes in tokamaks

This paper presents the experimental results on electron, ion temperatures and densities in a pulsed plasma accelerator. The values of electron densities and temperatures were computed using the methods of relative intensities of Hα and Hβ lines, Hβ Stark broadening, and the technique is based on Faraday cup beam current measurements. In this work, a linear optical spectrometer S-100 was used to acquire the emission spectra of hydrogen and air plasmas. In this spectrum, there are some lines due to Fe, Cu, N2, O2, and H2. The series of visible lines in the hydrogen atom spectrum are named the Balmer series. The spectral emissions of iron and copper occur throughout the gas breakdown and ignition of an arc discharge, during the erosion and sputtering of materials. The vacuum chamber and coaxial electrodes were made. The electron temperatures and densities in a pulsed plasma accelerator, measured via relative intensities of spectral lines and Stark broadening, at a charging voltage of a capacitor bank of 3 kV and a working gas pressure in a vacuum chamber of 40 mTorr, were 2.6 eV and 1.66 · 1016 cm−3 for hydrogen plasma. These results were compared with the Faraday cup beam current measurements. However, no match was found. Considering and analyzing this distinction, we concluded that the spectral method of plasma diagnostics provides more accurate results than electrical measurement. The theory of probe measurements can give approximate results in a moving plasma.

Experimental Investigation Of Pulse Sterilization Of Pathogens

The results of experimental investigations of the effect of high-intensity pulsed UV radiation on reference strains of opportunistic pathogens S, aureus and E. coli are presented. The modified pulse UV sterilizer МПК-300-3 based on an end-face plasma accelerator was used as a radiation source, which provides a power pulsed discharge in an open atmosphere. The high efficiency of inactivation of the pathogens was provided within a short period of time. The possibility of providing urgent 100% sterilization of a pathogens has been shown. The prospects for the application of pulse sterilization technology to combat pathogens are considered.

MODIFICATION AND ALLOYING EFFECTS IN EUROFER STEEL UNDER POWERFUL PULSED PLASMA IMPACTS

Experimental studies of surface modification of Eurofer samples have been performed with a quasi-stationary plasma accelerator QSPA Kh-50. The heat load on the surface was near the tungsten melting threshold (i.e. about 0.6 MJ/m2). The plasma streams exposures result in modification of steel-based materials and formation of cellular submicron structures in re-solidified layers. Phase characterized by body-centered cubic lattice appeared due to recrystallization of affected material.