Plasma-polymer interaction in switchgear

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Project abstract

The PhD project is intended to perform quantitative analysis of the fundamental physical and chemical processes taking place at the interface between switching plasma arcs and polymeric walls. The focus of the project will be oriented towards the quantitative study of the energy transfer mechanism to polymeric walls exposed to switching plasma arcs and the investigation of the composition and density of vapours released from the polymer surface.

Summary of work

2016-02. A major experimental campaign was carried out at plasma research institute INP in Greifswald, Germany. The campaign was carried out during 7 weeks with start 14th of February. Experiments with two nozzle designs were performed with a spatially resolved spectrograph (provided by INP).

2016. Experimental setup at KTH has been updated and moved to new lab facilities.

2017. Analysis of experimental results obtained in 2016 at INP has been completed and journal paper to be submitted

Event log

2016. Two conference paper based on data from the experimental campaign at INP were presented at GD2016, 21st International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications in Nagoya, Japan.　

Project reference-group

Romeo Bianchetti,  ABB Switzerland
Rudolf Gati,  ABB Switzerland
Andreas Friberg,  ABB Sweden
James Mannekutla,  ABB Sweden
Magnus Backmann,  ABB Sweden

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Temperature and pressure profiles of an ablation-controlled arc plasma in air
Marley Becerra Garcia,   Jonas Pettersson,   Steffen Franke,   Sergey Gortschakow.
2019,   Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 52(43)

Spectroscopic and Photographic Evaluation of the Near-Surface Layer Produced by Arc-Induced Polymer Ablation
Jonas Pettersson,   Marley Becerra Garcia,   Steffen Franke,   Sergey Gortschakow.
2019,   IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 47(4)

Optical radiative properties of ablating polymers exposed to high-power arc plasmas
Marley Becerra Garcia,   Jonas Pettersson.
2018,   Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 51(12)

Space-Resolved Spectroscopic And Photographic Studies of the Vapor Layer Produced By Arc-Induced Ablation of Polymers
Jonas Pettersson,   Marley Becerra Garcia,   Steffen Franke,   Sergey Gortschakow,   Romeo Bianchetti,   Ali Khakpour.
2016,   21st International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications (GD2016)

On the Radiation Losses Introduced by the Vapour Layer Formed By Arc-Induced Ablation of Polymers in Air
Marley Becerra,   Jonas Pettersson,   Romeo Bianchetti.
2016,   21st International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications (GD2016)

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