Review of Studies of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Arc Plasma

Abstract

This paper uses SF6, CO2, C3F8, and C5F10O as the main mediums, and reviews the advances of microscopic property calculation of arc plasma under equilibrium and non-equilibrium state during the past three decades. The studies of equilibrium arc plasma mainly dedicate to thermophysical properties, including compositions, thermodynamic properties, transport coefficients, and combined diffusion coefficients. For non-equilibrium arc plasma, the investigation of microscopic properties is based on the quantum chemistry theory to study chemical reactions and their reaction rates, which helps to build the two-temperature chemical kinetic model to describe the rule of particle concentration versus time.

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Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society (in Chinese)
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