Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. (2013) 61: 24308
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2012120408

Observation of dynamic behavior of gliding arc discharge ^*

¹ Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
² Imaging division, Photron Limited, 9-8 Nozaki, Osaka 530-0055, Japan
³ Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sasebo National College of Technology, 1-1 Okishin, Sasebo 857-1171, Japan
⁴ Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nippon Bunri University, 1727 Ichigi, Oita, 870-0397, Japan
⁵ Department of computer and information sciences, Sojo University, 4-22-1 Ikeda, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan
⁶ Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electrotechnologies, Lublin University of Technology, 38A Nadbystrzycka str., 20-618 Lublin, Poland

^a e-mail: mitsugi@cs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Received: 28 September 2012
Revised: 28 September 2012
Accepted: 5 December 2012
Published online: 18 February 2013

Abstract

Gliding arc discharge is one of the unique plasmas of which the dynamic behavior is extremely complex in time and space. In this work, we report on time-resolved dynamic behavior of gliding arc discharge plasma in He and Ar using comparison of obtained results between high-speed camera (54 000 fps) photographs and the corresponding electrical properties. Both measurements were synchronized via an external trigger. For a gliding arc discharge in Ar 20 L/min, gliding of serpentine plasma was observed due to turbulent gas flow and reconnections of plasma path were observed. It was revealed that the applied voltage was decreased and small pulsed current flowed at the moment of the reconnection.