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Some parameters of a spark channel with preionization of the gas

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Spark discharges in a preionized gas gap were studied. Preionization was produced by breaking down the spark gap directly before the main discharge, which was used to ignite fuel gas mixtures. The resulting experimental and computed data are compared with theoretical data and with results obtained in an investigation of spark discharge parameters.

It is shown that, as in the case of self-breakdown, the volume energy density in discharges in a preionized gas remains constant in order of magnitude (1019 eV/cm3).

The studies were carried out in order to obtain certain spark characteristics for the purpose of increasing the thermal efficiency of discharges in igniting fuel mixtures.

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  1. Moscow All-Union Correspondence Polytechnic Institute, USSR

    N. N. Zagryazkin & G. M. Meshcheryakov

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  1. N. N. Zagryazkin
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The authors are grateful to Doctor of Engineering Sciences Professor I. V. poroikov for his advice.

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Zagryazkin, N.N., Meshcheryakov, G.M. Some parameters of a spark channel with preionization of the gas. Soviet Physics Journal 10, 26–28 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819746

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