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Analysis of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering Characteristics of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma (유전체 장벽 방전 플라즈마의 전자파 산란 특성 분석)

  • Lee, Soo-Min;Oh, Il-Young;Hong, Yong-Jun;Yook, Jong-Gwan
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.324-330
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    • 2013
  • This paper presented measurement results of scattering characteristics of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma at atmospheric pressure. In this paper, plasma actuator is fabricated by parallel connecting of basic configuration of DBD plasma actuator, then plasma could be generated by applying 14 kV, 4 kHz of high voltage generator. In order to measure the scattering characteristics of DBD plasma, in this paper, two horn antennas and vector network analyzer are used to compare the S-parameter. Because of the structure of fabricated plasma generator, different result is obtained as antenna polarization changes. When antenna polarization is parallel to electrodes of plasma generator, the scattered field is reduced by 2 dB in maximum. In addition, for parallel polarization case, PEC is set up behind the plasma generator to measure backward scattered field. When the observation angles are $40^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$, the amount of reduced scattered field is 2 dB in maximum at 5 GHz.

Purification of Metallurgical Grade Silicon by Plasma Torch and E-beam Treatment (플라즈마 토치와 전자빔을 이용한 금속급 실리콘 정제)

  • Eum, Jung-Hyun;Nahm, Sahn;Hwang, Kwang-Taek;Kim, Kyung-Ja;Choi, Kyoon
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.618-622
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    • 2010
  • Cost-effective purification methods of silicon were carried out in order to replace the conventional Siemens method for solar grade silicon. Firstly, acid leaching which is a hydrometallurgical process was preceded with grinded silicon powders of metallurgical grade (~99% purity) to remove metallic impurities. Then, plasma treatments were performed with the leached silicon powders of 99.94% purity by argon plasma at 30 kW power under atmospheric pressure. Plasma treatment was specifically efficient for removing Zr, Y, and P but not for Al and B. Another purification step by EB treatment was also studied for the 99.92% silicon lump which resulted in the fast removal of boron and aluminum. That means the two methods are effective alternative tools for removing the doping elements like boron and phosphor.

Study of Characteristics of Corona Discharge Plasma in a Wire-Cylinder Type Reactor (Wire-Cylinder형 반응로에서의 코로나 방전 플라스마의 특성 연구)

  • 박승자;박인호;고욱희
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.132-138
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    • 2004
  • We used the self-consistent one-dimensional model applied to FCT algorithm and FEM method in a wire-cylinder type reactor to study the characteristics of corona discharge plasma in air at the atmospheric pressure. At the pulsed do voltage and do voltage, we studied the changes of the characteristic of plasma by computing electron density profile according to the changes of voltage and the size of reactor. The changes of active radius from this result are compared with the data of Peek's. The numerical simulation results for a corona discharge plasma explain the physical mechanism of the discharge process and could be used to obtain the optimized parameters for designing the plasma reactor for pollution abatement.