A plasma actuator includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate, covered by a dielectric layer, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer. In operation, the plasma actuator creates a plasma region, altering air flowing over the actuator. The plasma actuator in various embodiments: has no moving parts, helps to improve fuel economy by reducing aerodynamic drag, improves vehicle stability control under severe unsteady flow environments, reduces wind noise around a vehicle on which the actuator is used, and reduces emission and CO2 foot print through the fuel economy improvement.

The present invention relates to a method for generating atmospheric plasmas not in thermodynamic equilibrium with the control of ozone generation and, in particular, the generation of atmospheric plasmas not in thermodynamic equilibrium with a production of ozone contained below 0.5 ppmv, and preferably below the limit of 0.2 ppmv.

The invention relates to a method for treating an elongated object using a plasma process. The method comprises the steps of providing an elongated object in a planar electrode structure, and applying potential differences between electrodes of an electrode structure to generate the plasma process. Further, the method comprises at least partially surrounding the elongated object by a unitary section of the guiding structure, the electrode structure being associated with the unitary section.

The invention relates to an electrode assembly (5) for generating a non-thermal plasma, comprising a first electrode (7) and a second electrode (9) which are electrically insulated from each other by means of a dielectric element (11) and which are arranged at a distance from each other. The first electrode (7) has a thickness of at least 10 m when seen in the direction of the distance between the electrodes (7, 9), and the second electrode (9) has a thickness of at least 1 m to maximally 5 m or a thickness of at least 5 m to maximally 30 m when seen in the direction of the distance between the electrodes (7, 9). The dielectric element (11) has a thickness of at least 10 m to maximally 250 m.

An active oxygen supply device comprising: a housing; a plasma actuator disposed inside the housing; and an ozone decomposing device, wherein the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode, a dielectric material, and a second electrode, the first electrode is an exposed electrode provided on a first surface, which is one surface of the dielectric material, the plasma actuator generates an induced flow containing ozone to be blown out from the first electrode in a first direction, which is one direction along the surface of the dielectric material, the ozone decomposing device decomposes the ozone contained in the induced flow to generate active oxygen, an edge portion of the second electrode leading in a second direction reverse to the first direction is provided with a protruded portion, and overlap the first electrode only in the protruded portion, and the protruded portion has a width constant in the second direction.

A method and apparatus may comprise a first number of layers of a flexible material, a second number of layers of a dielectric material, a first electrode attached to a surface layer in the first number of layers, and a second electrode attached to a second layer in one of the first number of layers and the second number of layers. The first number of layers may be interspersed with the second number of layers. The first electrode may be configured to be exposed to air. The first electrode and the second electrode may be configured to form a plasma in response to a voltage.

The invention relates to a method for treating an elongated object using a plasma process. The method comprises the steps of providing an elongated object in a planar electrode structure, and applying potential differences between electrodes of an electrode structure to generate the plasma process. Further, the method comprises at least partially surrounding the elongated object by a unitary section of the guiding structure, the electrode structure being associated with the unitary section.

A surface plasma actuator includes a conducting wire attached to a surface of a target object and electrically insulated from the target object. Surface plasma is generated along a neighborhood of the conducting wire by applying a pulse voltage between the conducting wire and a conductive portion on a side of the target object. An induced gas flow is generated by the surface plasma.

The present disclosure presents systems and methods for dynamic stall control in aircrafts. One such method involves positioning one or more counter-flow point embedded electrode plasma actuator devices on an edge of an airfoil of an aircraft, wherein a counter-flow point embedded electrode plasma actuator device comprises at least a first electrode that is unexposed and embedded under a surface of the airfoil and a second electrode positioned on or in a top surface of the airfoil; and/or activating the one or more counter-flow point embedded electrode plasma actuator devices during a flight of the aircraft, wherein a dynamic stall angle of a pitching airfoil is increased during the flight of the aircraft by forcing plasma over the edge of the pitching airfoil.

The dielectric barrier discharge plasma generator includes: a dielectric substrate that exhibits a plate shape extending in a first direction and has a first surface and a second surface located on an opposite side of the first surface in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first electrode disposed on the dielectric substrate on a side of the first surface; a second electrode disposed at a position separated from the second surface of the dielectric substrate in the second direction; a gas flow path that is formed by a gap between the dielectric substrate and the second electrode and through which a gas flows in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; and an outlet provided at a first end which is one end portion of the gas flow path in the third direction.