Development of DC Discharge Power Supply System and Its Performance Test for the Experiment of the Interaction between the Shock Wave and the Discharge Plasma

Abstract

The DC power supply system for the DC discharge plasma generation was developed and the performance of the system was measured. This system can change the discharge input power between 27±3 W and 80±8 W by adjusting the slidac adjustor knob. Corresponding to this input power, the temperature was varied between 1500 K and 2200 K from the initial temperature of 300 K. Based on this performance test, this system is expected to be useful for the future parametric experiment for the comprehension of the interaction phenomena between the shock wave and the DC discharge plasma.