School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- York Plasma Institute
- Research
- Low-Temperature Plasmas
- Modelling and Simulations
Multi-scale numerical plasma simulations
Semi-kinetic multi-scale simulations based on fluid equations are extremely powerful and accurate in describing details of the plasma dynamics. Electron properties are kinetically treated by solving the Boltzmann equation. Our iterative multi-scale approach resolves details of the nanosecond electron dynamics coupled with the chemical kinetics on typical timescales of milliseconds. This allows us to implement complex chemistries with 2-d spatial resolution, using the YPI parallel computing cluster.
2-d spatially resolved plasma dynamics in a radio-frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet operated in helium with a 0.5% admixture of oxygen.
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Nonlinear frequency coupling in dual radio-frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasmas
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Atomic oxygen formation in a radio-frequency driven micro-atmospheric pressure plasma jet
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