Hybrid subterahertz atmospheric pressure plasmatron for plasma chemical applications

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an experimental study of a new hybrid plasmatron scheme, which was used to realize a gas discharge at atmospheric pressure supported by continuous focused submillimeter radiation with a frequency of 263 GHz. The implemented design allowed organizing a self-consistent interaction between submillimeter radiation and the supercritical plasma in a localized area both in terms of gas flow and electrodynamic. It is experimentally shown that the gas discharge absorbs up to 80% of the introduced submillimeter radiation power. The hybrid subterahertz plasmatron as an effective reactor for non-equilibrium plasma chemical processes was tested for the atmospheric nitrogen fixation.