Numerical Analysis of Metal-Cylinder-Based Microwave Plasma Module

• Authors: M. Sobański , M. Jasiński , J. Mizeraczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present optimization of energy transfer in the waveguide-supplied metal-cylinder-based microwave plasma module with an inner cylindrical quartz tube. The construction of microwave plasma module is based on a WR 340 waveguide standard. Presented microwave plasma module operates at atmospheric pressure and frequency of 2.45 GHz. There is a reduced height section waveguide in microwave plasma module which provides local increase of the electric field in the plasma region. Microwave plasma module is terminated with a movable plunger which plays the role of the tuning element. Tuning characteristics of microwave plasma module are defined as the dependence of the P_{R}/P_{I} on the position l_{s} of the movable plunger, where P_{R} and P_{I} are the microwave power reflected and power incident, respectively. The powers P_{R} and P_{I} are measured in the input plane of microwave plasma module. The purpose of the presented optimization is to achieve P_{R} lower than 5% of P_{I} in widest range of position of movable plunger l_{s}. We used Comsol Multiphysics software to make numerical analysis which allows to optimize the parameters of microwave plasma module. Results of numerical analysis show that P_{R}/P_{I} is lower than 0.05 in a wide range of movable plunger position l_{s}.

Keywords

EN

88.80.hp; 84.40.-x; 52.35.Hr; 84.40.Dc; 02.70.Dh; 88.30.E-; 52.65.-y; 52.50.Dg; 11.55.-m; 52.40.Fd; 84.40.Az

Discipline

• 84.40.Az: Waveguides, transmission lines, striplines
• 52.65.-y: Plasma simulation
• 84.40.Dc: Microwave circuits
• 11.55.-m: S-matrix theory; analytic structure of amplitudes
• 84.40.-x: Radiowave and microwave (including millimeter wave) technology(for microwave, submillimeter wave, and radiowave receivers and detectors, see 07.57.Kp; for microwave and radiowave spectrometers, see 07.57.Pt; for radiowave propagation, see 41.20.Jb)
• 52.40.Fd: Plasma interactions with antennas; plasma-filled waveguides
• 88.80.hp: Radio-frequency power transmission
• 88.30.E-: Hydrogen production with renewable energy
• 02.70.Dh: Finite-element and Galerkin methods
• 52.50.Dg: Plasma sources
• 52.35.Hr: Electromagnetic waves (e.g., electron-cyclotron, Whistler, Bernstein, upper hybrid, lower hybrid)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1309-1312

Dates

published

2014-06

Contributors

author

M. Sobański

• Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences, J. Fiszera 14, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland

author

M. Jasiński

• Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences, J. Fiszera 14, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland

author

J. Mizeraczyk

• Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences, J. Fiszera 14, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland
• Dept. of Marine Electronics, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 81-87, 81-255 Gdynia, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.1309