The heating of air by 'dark' discharge

dc.contributor.author	J. E. Hesselgreaves	en_US
dc.contributor.author	T. R. F. Nonweiler	en_US
dc.contributor.author	T. R. Foord	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-21T15:56:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-21T15:56:59Z
dc.date.issued	1966	en_US
dc.identifier.other	ARC/R&M-3519	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/4096
dc.description.abstract	Summary. A theoretical and experimental investigation is made of the heating of air by means of a 'dark' or 'Townsend' discharge, the intended application being the heating of the working fluid of a hypersonic intermittent wind tunnel. Results are presented of experiments at atmospheric pressure designed to determine the efficiency of energy conversion and to test the validity of the theoretical assumptions. The theory is used to predict the performance of a small 'pilot model' heater working at 15 atmospheres pressure.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Aeronautical Research Council Reports & Memoranda	en_US
dc.title	The heating of air by 'dark' discharge	en_US