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Experimental studies of an electric arc in a helium flow are described. A generalized dependence of the electric field on the determining criteria has been obtained on the basis of the experimental data, and a plasmatron has been designed on the basis of the technique developed. Its thermal efficiency is 0.68–0.74, and the mass-averaged temperature of the helium flow is T = 3700–4200 K. The plasmatron can be used in various technological processes involving energy conversion.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Veremeichik, D.L. Tsyganov, M.I. Sazonov, 2006, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2006, No. 5, pp. 99–102.
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Veremeichik, A.I., Tsyganov, D.L. & Sazonov, M.I. An electric arc in a helium flow in a high-current plasmatron. Instrum Exp Tech 49, 684–687 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441206050137
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