VOLT-AMPERE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LONGITUDINALLY BLOWN
SELF-ADJUSTING ARC IN PLASMA GENERATORS WITH A ROD CATHODE

A. M. Esipchuk , L. P. Podenok , E. I. Yurinok , and O. I. Yas'ko

UDC 537.523

Using the methods of regression analysis, consideration 
is given to the influence of various processes on the volt-ampere 
characteristics (VAC) of an arc discharge in a plasma generator with 
a hot rod cathode and a cold cylindrical anode with an arc length 
that is self-adjusting due to the mechanism of shunting. It is shown 
that heat-transfer processes play a dominant role in VAC formation.

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