Plasma-driven catalysis: green ammonia synthesis with intermittent electricity

KHR Rouwenhorst, Y Engelmann, K van't Veer… - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia is one of the most produced chemicals, mainly synthesized from fossil fuels for
fertilizer applications. Furthermore, ammonia may be one of the energy carriers of the future …

The physics of streamer discharge phenomena

S Nijdam, J Teunissen, U Ebert - Plasma Sources Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review we describe a transient type of gas discharge which is commonly called a
streamer discharge, as well as a few related phenomena in pulsed discharges. Streamers …

Efficient models for photoionization produced by non-thermal gas discharges in air based on radiative transfer and the Helmholtz equations

A Bourdon, VP Pasko, NY Liu, S Célestin… - Plasma Sources …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents formulation of computationally efficient models of photoionization
produced by non-thermal gas discharges in air based on three-group Eddington and …

Probing photo-ionization: experiments on positive streamers in pure gases and mixtures

S Nijdam, F Van De Wetering, R Blanc… - Journal of Physics D …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Positive streamers are thought to propagate by photo-ionization; the parameters of photo-
ionization depend on the nitrogen: oxygen ratio. Therefore we study streamers in nitrogen …

Photoionization in negative streamers: Fast computations and two propagation modes

A Luque, U Ebert, C Montijn, W Hundsdorfer - Applied physics letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Streamer discharges play a central role in electric breakdown of matter in pulsed electric
fields, both in nature and in technology. Reliable and fast computations of the minimal model …

Review of recent results on streamer discharges and discussion of their relevance for sprites and lightning

U Ebert, S Nijdam, C Li, A Luque… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
It is by now well understood that large sprite discharges at the low air densities of the
mesosphere are physically similar to small streamer discharges in air at standard …

Optical diagnostics of streamer discharges in atmospheric gases

M Šimek - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews optical diagnostic methods and approaches applied to study the
fundamentals of streamer discharges, considering the peculiarities of streamers developing …

Similarity theory and scaling laws for low-temperature plasma discharges: A comprehensive review

Y Fu, H Wang, X Wang - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
Similarity theory and scaling laws determine how physical laws remain the same when
control parameters are changed, which is essential for the correlation, prediction, and …

Probing photo-ionization: simulations of positive streamers in varying N2: O2-mixtures

G Wormeester, S Pancheshnyi, A Luque… - Journal of Physics D …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Photo-ionization is the accepted mechanism for the propagation of positive streamers in air
though the parameters are not very well known; the efficiency of this mechanism largely …

Lightning related transient luminous events at high altitude in the Earth's atmosphere: Phenomenology, mechanisms and effects

VP Pasko, Y Yair, CL Kuo - Space science reviews, 2012 - Springer
This paper presents a literature survey on the recent developments related to experimental
and modeling studies of transient luminous events (TLEs) in the middle atmosphere termed …