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This work presents a vibrational and electronic state-to-state model for nitrogen plasma implemented within a multi-physics modular computational framework to study non-equilibrium effects in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) discharges.…
Non-equilibrium vibrational dissociation of CO$_2$ at low translational-rotational temperatures $T$ is investigated computationally for conditions of microwave induced plasmas. Semi-analytic treatment of vibrational relaxation in CO$_2$ in…
The effects of nanosecond pulsed non-equilibrium plasma discharges on ignition characteristics and low-temperature chemistry or LTC of DME/O2/Ar mixtures are numerically investigated in a plane-to-plane geometry at a reduced pressure of 76…
The MMWICP (Miniature MicroWave ICP) is a new plasma source using the induction principle. Recently Klute et al. presented a mathematical model for the electromagnetic fields and power balance of the new device. In this work the…
In this paper, the discharge structure of an Ar/SF6 inductively coupled plasma (ICP) at the low pressure, 10 mTorr, is investigated by the fluid simulation at the quasi-cold ions approximation, i.e., room temperature. The structure is found…
This work explores the effect of N2 addition on CO2 dissociation and on the vibrational kinetics of CO2 and CO under various non-equilibrium plasma conditions. A self-consistent kinetic model, previously validated for pure CO2 and CO2-O2…
A general diffuse interface model with a realistic equation of state (e.g. Peng-Robinson equation of state) is proposed to describe the multi-component two-phase fluid flow based on the principles of the NVT-based framework which is a…
High-power inductively coupled plasma (ICP) wind tunnels are widely used to reproduce high-enthalpy environments relevant to atmospheric entry and hypersonic testing. Despite their importance, radiative heat transfer in ICP facilities is…
Accurate aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic predictions are crucial for numerous hypersonic applications. This paper proposes a gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) coupled with a two-temperature kinetic model, which distinguishes between the…
The two-phase thermodynamic (2PT) model {[}J. Chem. Phys., \textbf{119}, 11792 (2003){]} provides a promising paradigm to efficiently determine the ionic entropies of liquids from molecular dynamics (MD). In this model, the vibrational…
In inertial confinement fusion (ICF), Thomson scattering (TS) is a widely used diagnostic technique for probing plasma conditions. We present a first-principles numerical approach to obtaining scattered light signals of ion acoustic…
A time-dependent multi-temperature quenching model at atmospheric pressure, incorporating chemical and vibrational kinetics, is introduced. The model provides insights into the pathways of NOx formation and destruction in the downstream…
The non-equilibrium ro-vibrational distribution functions of molecules in a plasma can heavily influence the discharge operation and the plasma-chemistry. A convenient method for measuring the distribution function is by means of coherent…
The purpose of the work is to make an overview on the results obtained through the studies on martian plasmas created by inductively coupled plasma torches (ICP). As the main advantage of the ICP torch is the absence of electrode compared…
The 2.45 GHz plasma torch CO$_2\to$ CO + $\frac12$O$_2$ conversion experiment [F A D"Isa et al. Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., vol. 29 (2020) 105009] has been compared with thermo-chemical calculations. The 1.5D model of the…
The paper provides a tutorial to the conceptual layout of a self-consistently coupled Particle-In-Cell/Test-Particle model for the kinetic simulation of sputtering transport in capacitively coupled plasmas at low gas pressures. It explains…
The aim of this work is to propose a new multiphysics mode synthesis (MMS) for the thermomechanical vibration problem. The present thermomechanical model is based on a state-space formulation, which consists of displacement, velocity, and…
Optical emission spectroscopy applied to non-equilibrium plasmas in molecular gases can give important information on basic plasma parameters, including the rotational, vibrational temperatures and densities of the investigated radiative…
We perform extensive 2D Particle-In-Cell (PIC) electromagnetic simulations of low pressure Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) discharges with various coil current and driving frequencies. Our simulations show that in low-frequency cases,…
We describe here a model for inelastic collisions for electronic excitation and deexcitation processes in a general, multifluid plasma. The model is derived from kinetic theory, and applicable to any mixture and mass ratio. The principle of…