A 3-dimensional kinetic transport and reaction model of atmospheric pressure plasma jets (A08)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 327886311

Radio frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasma jets are small, robust, and affordable plasma sources, capable of generating high fluxes of reactive species at low gas temperatures. The mathematical modeling of such jets is thus of paramount importance. However, because of the high complexity of the devices, direct numerical simulation is beyond the current possibilities. This project utilizes the geometrical characteristics of the devices. i.e., the fact that they are long and narrow, to systematically simplify the mathematical description. Physically accurate simulation becomes possible.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1316: Transient atmospheric plasmas - from plasmas to liquids to solids
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Ralf-Peter Brinkmann