Sunday, July 6, 2014

Time Event  
15:00 - 18:00 Registration - Agora  
18:00 - 20:00 Registration & Welcome Reception - Agora  

Monday, July 7, 2014

Time Event  
08:00 - 09:00 Registration - Next to Cabannes Lecture Hall  
09:00 - 09:30 Opening Ceremony (Cabannes)  
09:30 - 10:15 INVITED: Understanding and modelling plasma-cathode interaction: roots of gaseous and vacuum arcs, spots on glow cathodes (Cabannes) - M. Benilov - Chair: J.E Jones
 
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break  
10:30 - 12:30 B. Corona, Barrier and Surface Discharges (Blaise) - Chair: G.J. Pietsch - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:30 - 10:45 › 3D tests of Poisson equation solvers for streamer simulation - Olivier Ducasse, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie  
10:45 - 10:55 › A diffuse nanosecond discharge for generation of reactive species in atmospheric air - Alexis Chollet, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas  
10:55 - 11:10 › Ball Lightning: An Assessment of the Known Physical Features and a Suggested Mathematical Model - James Jones, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GJ  
11:10 - 11:20 › Bipolar Ions Extraction from Dielectric Barrier Discharge - Rémi Mathon, Laboratire de Pysique des Gaz des Plamas  
11:20 - 11:35 › Comparative Investigation of Creeping Discharge Characteristics at Wavefront of Pulse Voltage in SF6/N2and CO2/N2 Gas Mixtures - Hideki Ueno, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Hyogo  
11:35 - 11:50 › Controlling inception and breakdown characteristics in pulsed dielectric barrier discharges with variable pulse width - influence of the pre-phase - Hans Höft, INP Greifswald e.V.  
11:50 - 12:00 › Corona discharge used as an ion source for aerosol charging - Assia BOUAROURI, Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas  
12:00 - 12:15 › Correlation between the Discharge Regime and Heat Generation in a Surface DBD Plasma Actuator - Rakshit Tirumala, Institut Pprime  
12:15 - 12:30 › Discharge phenomena at partially damaged dielectric electrode coatings in SF6-insulated systems at AC and DC stress - Philipp Arnold, Institute of Power Transmission and High Voltage Technology, University of Stuttgart  
10:30 - 12:30 A. Arcs (Cabannes) - Chair: J.W. Spencer - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:30 - 10:45 › A comparative study of K-epsilon turbulence model in Air DC circuit breaker - Fei Yang, State Grid Pinggao Group Co.,LTD, State Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University  
10:45 - 10:55 › A Computational Model of MIG Welding: Effects of Metal Vapour, and Mixing of Wire and Workpiece Alloys - Anthony Murphy, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering  
10:55 - 11:10 › Active Optical Diagnostics of a 'current-zero-like' arc in air in a model gas circuit breaker geometry - Emmanouil Panousis, ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil, 5405, Switzerland  
11:10 - 11:20 › Air arcs burning in turbulent round jet - Jian Liu, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool  
11:20 - 11:35 › An Experimental Investigation of Nozzle Arcs under Turbulent Conditions - Fei Yang, Joseph W. Spencer, Jim Humphries, Joseph D. Yan, Yuqing Pei  
11:35 - 11:50 › Analysis of the Valves Effect on the Gas Flow Field and Arcing Process in a Self-blast Circuit Breaker - Xingwen Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University  
11:50 - 12:00 › Suspension phased-injection in self-sustained pulsed arc jet. - Joanna Krowka, Science des Procédés Céramiques et de Traitements de Surface  
12:00 - 12:15 › Arc jets blown by outgassing polymers in air - Marley Becerra, Royal Institute of Technology, ABB Corporate Research  
12:15 - 12:30 › CFD based Multi-Physics Simulation of Compressible Flow through Nozzle of SF6 Gas Circuit Breaker - Sumedh Pawar, Global R&D Center, Crompton Greaves Ltd. and Ph.D. student, IIT Bombay  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:45 INVITED: Characteristics of streamer propagation along insulation surface: influence of dielectric material and shed configuration (Cabannes) - H. Mei - Chair: G.J. Pietsch
 
14:45 - 14:55 Break  
14:55 - 16:30 B. Corona, Barrier and Surface Discharges (Blaise) - Chair: J.-P. Borra - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
14:55 - 15:10 › Effects of corona discharges on Turbulent Air flow: Simulation on a high-lift system. - Koceila Mehalaine, Department of Mechanics, LApEH, University Saad Dahleb- Blida  
15:10 - 15:20 › Effects of Gas Pressure and Ambience on Surface Barrier Discharge along PVDF Film - Haibao Mu, State Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University  
15:20 - 15:35 › Effects of Rise Rate of Voltage Impulses on Oxygen-fed Dielectric Barrier Discharge - Guangming Huang, University of Strathclyde  
15:35 - 15:45 › Experimental study of the ozone produced by a plasma actuator using surface dielectric barrier discharge - Hervé Rabat, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
15:45 - 16:00 › Fundamentals of Atmospheric Pressure RF Modulated DBD - Jean-Sébastien Boisvert, Laboratoire Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire, Université de Montréal  
16:00 - 16:15 › Hydrophobic Modification of Polyethylene Terephthalate Surface using Nanosecond-Pulse DBD at Atmospheric Pressure - Cheng Zhang, Key Laboratory of Power Electronics and Electric Drive, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences  
16:15 - 16:30 › In situ DRIFT analysis coupled to non thermal plasma at atmospheric pressure on the decomposition of volatil organic compounds - Elodie Fourré, INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES MILIEUX ET MATERIAUX DE POITIERS  
14:55 - 16:30 A. Arcs (Cabannes) - Chair: Y. Tanaka - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
14:55 - 15:10 › Cloud Formation during High Current Arcs in Air - Elin Fjeld, Telemark University College  
15:10 - 15:20 › CO2 arc behavior during current interruption process in a gas circuit breaker with externally applied magnetic field - Toshihiko Takematsu, University of Tsukuba  
15:20 - 15:35 › Comparison of metal erosion characteristics due to arc in Air and SF6 - Motohiro Sato, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Advanced Technology R&D Center  
15:35 - 15:45 › Computational Investigation of Effects of SF6, CO2 and N2 on Arc Interruption in a Supersonic Nozzle - Jinling Zhang, Jinling Zhang  
15:45 - 16:00 › Effects of Nozzle Geometry on SF6 Arc Thermal Interruption - Quan Zhang, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool  
16:00 - 16:15 › Effects of radiation trapping in a free-burning arc Ar plasma - Sergey Gorchakov, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology  
16:15 - 16:30 › Empirical Model for Quasi Direct Current Interruption with a Convoluted Arc - Joe Spencer, University of Liverpool  
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break  
16:45 - 17:40 B. Corona, Barrier and Surface Discharges (Blaise) - Chair: H. Mei - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:45 - 17:00 › Infrared imaging of dry-band failure of silicone-rubber insulators - Ronald Waters, School Engineering, Cardiff University  
17:00 - 17:15 › Investigation of Active Species in Atmospheric-pressure Argon Plasma-jet - Kazuhiro Takahashi, Muroran Institute of Technology  
17:15 - 17:25 › Lighting impulse discharge characteristic of composite insulator developed for applying in 3500m altitude - Dengming XIAO, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
17:25 - 17:40 › Nanosecond pulse surface ionization wave discharges over solid and liquid dielectric surfaces - Igor Adamovich, Ohio State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  
16:45 - 17:40 A. Arcs (Cabannes) - Chair: J.F. Coudert - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:45 - 17:00 › Experimental Evaluation of Fraction kp of Electrical Energy Contributing to Pressure rise due to Air and SF6 arc in a Closed Container - Masashi Kotari, Central Research Insitute of Electrical Power Industry  
17:00 - 17:15 › Experimental investigation of short-time arc propagation recorded by high speed camera - Bernd Schottel, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for High Voltage Technology and Electrical Power Systems  
17:15 - 17:25 › Experimental study on characteristics of CO2 and its gas mixtures with SF6 for high voltage gas circuit breakers - Kai ZHU, Xi’an Jiaotong University  
17:25 - 17:40 › High accuracy characterization of wall constricted arcs - Michael M. Walter, Power Systems and High Voltage Laboratories, ETH Zurich  
17:45 - 19:00 Workshop 2: Electrohydrodynamic effects produced by corona, barrier and surface discharge (Blaise) - Chair: E. Moreau  
17:45 - 19:00 Workshop 1: Properties of thermal and quasi-thermal plasmas (Cabannes) - Chair: Y. Cressault  

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:45 INVITED: Innovative diagnostics for thermal plasma processes (Cabannes) - J. Schein - Chair: A. Gleizes
 
09:45 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:00 B. Corona, Barrier and Surface Discharges (Blaise) - Chair: I. Adamovich, K. Satoh - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › On the transition from positive glow corona to streamers in air - Lipeng Liu, Royal Institute of Technology  
10:15 - 10:25 › Overview on gas discharge occurring in air insulated metal enclosed switchgear - Dengming XIAO, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
10:25 - 10:40 › Ozone production by corona discharge using a hollow needle-plate electrode system - Francisco Pontiga, University of Seville  
10:40 - 10:50 › Propagated velocity of surface discharge in Ne/Xe mixtures - Sho Okada, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Hyogo  
10:50 - 11:05 › Recent developments in nanosecond pulsed sliding discharge for airflow control. - Kossi Bayoda, Pprime Institute - University of Poitiers  
11:05 - 11:20 › Streamer Inception E-field Criterion under Positive Lightning Impulse Voltage Considering Voltage Rise Rate - Yinan GENG, Tsinghua University  
11:20 - 11:30 › Study on Shed Cracks of Composite Insulators Used at 750kV AC lines in Strong Wind Area - Xilin Wang, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University  
11:30 - 11:45 › The influence of water permeability and water absorption on RTV silicone rubber - Xilin Wang, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University  
11:45 - 12:00 › Nanosecond Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharges Applied to Electrostatic Precipitation - Eric MOREAU, Pprime Institute - University of Poitiers  
10:00 - 12:30 A. Arcs (Cabannes) - Chair: M. Benilov, G.R. Jones - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › Hybrid Radiofrequency/Arc Plasma Jet for Generation of Singlet Oxygen - Josef Schmiedberger, Institute of Physics AS CR, v.v.i.  
10:15 - 10:25 › Improved modeling of ablation process in high-voltage circuit breakers for switching arc simulation - Pierre Freton, Université de Toulouse, LAPLACE  
10:25 - 10:40 › Influence of active shielding gas on the MIG-MAG welding process: globular to spray transfer mode - Quentin CASTILLON, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
10:40 - 10:50 › Influence of copper vapours on the radiative transfer in thermal air plasma - Petr Kloc, Centre for Research and Utilization of Renewable Energy  
10:50 - 11:05 › Interrupter size effect on current zero properties in thermal interruption of high voltage circuit breakers - Toshiaki Sakuyama, Department of Power Transmission & Distribution Systems Research, Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi Research Laboratory  
11:05 - 11:20 › Interruption Capability of an Auto-expansion Circuit Breaker with Different Arc Duration - Yuqing Pei, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool  
11:20 - 11:30 › Investigations on Switching Arcs in CO2 by Time-Resolved Optical Emission Spectroscopy and CFD Simulations - Daniel Eichhoff, Institute for High Voltage Technology - RWTH Aachen University  
11:30 - 11:45 › Investigations on the Spatial Arc Resistance Distribution of an Axially Blown Switching Arc - Michael Weuffel, Institute for High Voltage Technology - RWTH Aachen University  
11:45 - 12:00 › Investigations on the Thermal Interruption Capability of CO2 in Nozzle Systems with Two Heating Channels - Paul Gregor Nikolic, Institute for High Voltage Technology - RWTH Aachen University  
12:00 - 12:15 › MHD modeling of AC fault arc in a closed air container - Yi Wu, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an , 710049, China  
12:15 - 12:30 › New Approach to Predict SLF Interruption Performance in High Voltage Circuit Breaker - Tomoyuki Yoshino, Toshiba corporation  
12:00 - 12:30 F. Environmental and Medical Applications (Blaise) - Chair: I. Adamovich, K. Satoh - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
12:00 - 12:15 › 2D modeling of electro-hydrodynamics and chemical kinetic of dry and humid air flow activated by corona discharges - Olivier Eichwald, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie  
12:15 - 12:30 › Application of non-thermal plasma technology for developing fast SCR system to remove NOx - Kuan Lun Pan, Moo Been Chang, Dai Ling Chen, Han Hsuan Peng  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:45 INVITED: Non thermal atmospheric plasma jets: A new way for cancer treatment? (Cabannes) - J.-M. Pouvesle, Chair: A.B. Murphy
 
14:45 - 14:55 Break  
14:55 - 16:30 F. Environmental and Medical Applications (Blaise) - Chair: J.-M. Pouvesle - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
14:55 - 15:10 › Basic Research in Plasma Medicine: Support for the Transfer into Clinics - Sybille Hasse, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, Centre for Innovation Competence ZIK plasmatis  
15:10 - 15:20 › Eukaryotic cells as biomarkers for plasma-generated reactive species - Kai Masur, ZIK plasmatis @ Leibniz-Institute of Plasma Science and Technology  
15:20 - 15:35 › Experimental quantification of ultraviolet radiations and biocide active species in microwave argon plasma jet in open air - Gaëtan WATTIEAUX, LAPLACE-CNRS University of Toulouse  
15:35 - 15:45 › Gas-liquid Interfacial Discharge with a Porous Glass Membrane - TATSUYA SAKODA, University of Miyazaki  
15:45 - 16:00 › Investigation of plasma-induced methylene blue degradation using dielectric barrier discharge - yiyi zhao, University of Strathclyde  
16:00 - 16:15 › Laminar versus turbulent flow of an argon RF APPJ investigated by OH PLIF and its influence on the discharge propagation - Sylvain Iseni, Centre for Innovation Competence plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology  
16:15 - 16:30 › Lipid A removal by a reduced pressure nitrogen afterglow - Hayat ZERROUKI, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie  
14:55 - 16:30 A. Arcs (Cabannes) - Chair: J. Yan - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
14:55 - 15:10 › Numerical approach to pressure rise due to short-circuit fault arc in the metal-clad switchgears - Mikimasa Iwata, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)  
15:10 - 15:20 › Numerical Simulation of Pressure Rising with Internal Arc Fault for a Medium Voltage Metal Clad Switchgear - Gaku Asanuma, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd  
15:20 - 15:35 › Numerical Simulation on Two-Temperature Chemically Non-Equilibrium States in Decaying SF6 Arcs after Application of Recovery Voltage - Yasunori Tanaka, Kanazawa University  
15:35 - 15:45 › Numerical Study on Self-excited Oscillation Switching Current in HVDC MRTB - Yang LI, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University  
15:45 - 16:00 › Optical diagnostics of decay processes of Ar/SF6 gas blast arcs confined by a nozzle - Kentaro Tomita, Kyushu University  
16:00 - 16:15 › Prediction of pressure rise build-up in a self-blast high voltage circuit breaker using CFD simulation - Changho Yeo, Power & Industrial Systems R&D Center, Hyosung Corporation  
16:15 - 16:30 › Predominant particles in SF6-Cu mixture at temperatures of 300-50,000 K - Linlin Zhong, State Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China  
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break  
16:45 - 17:40 F. Environmental and Medical Applications (Blaise) - Chair: S. Starikoskaia - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:45 - 17:00 › Modulation of ionization front propagation velocity in a µs plasma gun helium discharge with nitrogen admixture - Thibault Darny, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
17:00 - 17:10 › Plasma-Assisted Diesel Oxidation Catalyst: Improvement of Light-Off Temperature for CO and Unburned Hydrocarbons - Ahmed Khacef, Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés  
17:10 - 17:25 › Pulsed DBD-Catalyst Hybrid Reactor for Environmental Clean-Up: VOCs Oxidation in Air at Low Temperature - Ahmed Khacef, Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés  
17:25 - 17:40 › Removal of Phenol (C6H5OH) from Gas Streams with Plasma Catalysis - Pan Kuan Lun, Han Hsuan Peng, Dai Ling Chen, Moo Been Chang  
16:45 - 17:40 D. High Pressure Plasmas and Applications (Cabannes) - Chair: J.-Y. Trepanier - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:45 - 17:00 › Characterization of an atmospheric DBD plasma jet with optical emission and mass spectrometers - Laura Chauvet, Université de Toulouse, CUFR J.F. Champollion, Laboratoire DPHE  
17:00 - 17:10 › Comparative study of laser induced breakdown in argon using optical emission spectroscopy and Thomson scattering - ALI FARAH SOUGUEH, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
17:10 - 17:25 › Discharge morphology and spectral diagnostic of a serrated DBD plasma actuator dedicated to aerodynamic flow control applications - Kévin Chatelain, Laboratoire PRISME  
17:25 - 17:40 › Effect of ground electrode on stability of plasma jet - Desheng Zhou, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology  
17:45 - 19:00 Workshop 4: Major challenges in the diagnostics of non thermal plasma sources relevant for biomedical applications (Blaise) - Chair: E. Robert  
17:45 - 19:00 Workshop 3: Modeling of HV circuit breakers: where do we stand and what are the challenges (Cabannes) - Chair: M. Seeger  
20:00 - 23:55 Festive evening - (by reservation - free)  

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:45 INVITED: Streamers and nanosecond pulsed discharges: Theory and experiments (Cabannes) - U. Ebert, Chair: O. Eichwald
 
09:45 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:30 C. Glows and Breakdown (Blaise) - Chair: K. Hidaka, U. Ebert - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › A hybrid circuit breaker based on two-stage commutation - Yifei Wu, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University  
10:15 - 10:25 › Characterisation, performance and stability of a glow discharge as a source of electrons for portable mass spectrometry - achouak chalkha, LISA EA 4672  
10:25 - 10:40 › Dielectric Properties of Hot SF6 Gaseous Mixture under Chemically Non-equilibrium Condition - Weizong Wang, Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology  
10:40 - 10:50 › Experimental Investigation of CF3I-CO2 Gas Mixtures under Lightning Impulses - Muhammad Kamarudin, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia  
10:50 - 11:05 › Experimental observation of two types of streamer region ahead of leader in long air gap discharge - S. Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University  
11:05 - 11:20 › Experimental Study on Concurrent Flashover Phenomena of Two Parallel Long Air Gaps - Daiki Tanaka, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry  
11:20 - 11:30 › Monte Carlo simulation of radio-frequency breakdown in argon - Zoran Lj. Petrovic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, POB 68 11080 Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia  
11:30 - 11:45 › Polarity effect on breakdown phenomenon across micrometer-scale surface gap in atmospheric air - Hiroyuki Iwabuchi, The University of Tokyo  
11:45 - 12:00 › Study on similarity of glow discharge at low pressure by numerical simulation - Yangyang FU, Xinxin Wang, Haiyun Luo, Xiaobing ZOU, Yangyang Fu  
12:00 - 12:15 › Vacuum Pulse Breakdown Ignition in a Gap with High-Current-Density Cathode - Anatoliy Taran, National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"  
12:15 - 12:30 › Breakdown characteristics of plasma closing switches filled with different gases - Caron McGarvey, University of Strathclyde  
10:00 - 12:30 D. High Pressure Plasmas and Applications (Cabannes) - Chair: P. Freton, Y. Wu - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › Effects of arc current modulation on dominant oscillations in plasma jet - Jan Gruber, Institute of Thermomechanics (Prague, Czech Republic)  
10:15 - 10:25 › Electrical Discharge in Supercritical Methanol - Sergey Leonov, Ohio State University  
10:25 - 10:40 › Gas Chemistry related to the operation of MicroHollow Cathode Discharges - Valentin Felix, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
10:40 - 10:50 › High Pressure Gas Discharge Devices Application for Fuel Processing - Alexandr Ustimenko, Research Institute of Experimental and Theoretical Physics  
10:50 - 11:05 › High Pressure Plasma Torch - Alexandr Ustimenko, Research Institute of Experimental and Theoretical Physics  
11:05 - 11:20 › Influence of Arc Energy Absorbers on the Enclosure Effect in Case of Internal Arcing in Electrical Installations - Sebastian Wetzeler, Institute for High Voltage Technology, RWTH Aachen University  
11:20 - 11:30 › Influence of Insulation Gas on Pressure Rise in Electrical Installations due to Internal Arcs - Gerhard Pietsch, Institute for High Voltage Technology, RWTH Aachen University  
11:30 - 11:45 › Interaction model between an electrical arc and a material: Welding TIG application - Jonathan Mougenot, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie  
11:45 - 12:00 › Investigation of H2/CH4 and H2/CH4/B2H6 high pressure-high power microwave plasma chemistry using IR-TDLAS - Cathy Rond, LSPM  
12:00 - 12:15 › Modeling Nozzle Geometry changes Due to the Ablation in High-Voltage Circuit Breakers - Jean-Yves Trepanier, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal  
12:15 - 12:30 › Optical emission characteristics of guided streamers generated in helium and argon mixtures with N2 and O2 - Franck Clément, Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 19:00 Conference Excursion  
20:00 - 22:30 International Scientific Committee Dinner  

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:45 INVITED: Advanced electrical and optical diagnostics on atmospheric pressure plasmas with focus on microdischarges (Cabannes) - K.D. Weltmann, Chair: M. Seeger
 
09:45 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:30 E. Low Pressure Plasmas and Applications (Blaise) - Chair: P. Brault, M. Mikikian - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › Complex Plasmoid Behaviors in Dusty Plasma Experiments - Maxime Mikikian, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
10:15 - 10:25 › Diagnostics of oxygen low-pressure RF plasma suitable for treatment of sensitive surfaces - Nikola Skoro, Institute of Physics  
10:25 - 10:40 › Electron Swarm Parameters in Binary Gas Mixtures of CF3I with Xe, He, N2 and CO2 from Boltzmann Equation Analysis - Yunkun DENG, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
10:40 - 10:50 › Electrostatic Probe and Laser Photodetachment Measurements in the Hydrogen Negative Ion (H-) Source "Prometheus I" - Spyridon Aleiferis, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, High Voltage Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Departement, University of Patras  
10:50 - 11:05 › Glow Discharge Spectrometries for Ultra Fast Depth Profile Characterization of Materials - patrick chapon, Horiba Jobin Yvon  
11:05 - 11:20 › Modification of the shock wave shape of a supersonic low Reynolds number flow field around a cylinder by a glow discharge in air - Romain Joussot, Institut de Combustion Aérothermique Réactivité et Environnement  
11:20 - 11:30 › O atoms density measurements in a capillary nanosecond discharge: measurement techniques and kinetic modeling - Andreï Klochko, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas  
11:30 - 11:45 › Oscillating movement in N2/CH4 dusty RF plasmas - Jean-François Lagrange, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
11:45 - 12:00 › Study of Dual Frequency RF and RF/DC Plasma Discharges Used for Surface Treatment - Sergey Stepanov, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics  
12:00 - 12:15 › The Effect of an Obstacle in the Ablation Plasma on the Electrical Properties of the Oxide Thin Films - Florin Gherendi, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics  
12:15 - 12:30 › The snapshot of nanosecond development of high power microwave vacuum window breakdown - Chao Chang, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Science and Technology on High power microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institution of Nuclear Technology  
10:00 - 12:30 A. Arcs (Cabannes) - Chair: P. Robin-Jouan, A. Gleizes - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › Quenching Performance of Air Arc Discharge - Yuta Okano, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus  
10:15 - 10:25 › Radiative properties in High Voltage Circuit Breakers Arc Plasma: Validity of mixture laws for SF6/C2F4 mixtures and impact of copper on Net Emission Coefficients. - Yann Cressault, Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie  
10:25 - 10:40 › Research on the Breaking Characteristics of Non-equilibrium Arc with Small Current for SF6 High Voltage Circuit Breaker - Yalong XIA, Shenyang University of Technology  
10:40 - 10:50 › Simulation analysis of the electrode-arc interaction in free-burning arcs - Margarita Baeva, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology  
10:50 - 11:05 › Spallation Occurrence Control by Mixing Phthalate Esters in Polyamide Material for Polymer Ablation Assisted Circuit Breakers - Tomoyuki Nakano, Kanazawa University  
11:05 - 11:20 › Spectroscopic observation of diatomic molecules in plasmas generated by non-transferred electric arcs - Alan Maslani, Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i.  
11:20 - 11:30 › Spectroscopic study and High speed imaging of a transient arc - Flavien Valensi, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie [Toulouse]  
11:30 - 11:45 › Spectroscopic study of the transition stage in fuse wire - Alain Coulbois, Laboratoire Arc Electrique et Plasmas Thermiques  
11:45 - 12:00 › Investigation of dielectric breakdown properties of SF6-N2 and SF6-CF4 mixtures at 0.4 MPa and gas temperatures up to 3000 K - Xingwen Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University  
12:00 - 12:15 › Arc fault in enclosure volumes: CFD simulations and experimental tests on representative simple geometries - Roberto Putzu, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, HEPIA-Genève  
12:15 - 12:30 › Two-Dimensional Electron Density Imaging for SF6 Arc Interruption Phenomenon Using Shack-Hartmann Type Laser Wavefront Sensor - Yuki Inada, The University of Tokyo  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:45 INVITED: Pollutant-degradation by pulsed-discharge plasma and the clarification of the degradation process (Cabannes) - K. Satoh, Chair: S. Starikoskaia
 
14:45 - 14:55 Break  
14:55 - 15:45 E. Low Pressure Plasmas and Applications (Blaise) - Chair: Z. Petrovic - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
14:55 - 15:10 › Time resolved study of the HiPIMS post-discharge - Stéphane Cuynet, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
15:10 - 15:20 › Two-Temperature Chemical-Nonequilibrium Modelling of the Plasma Flow in a Low-Power Hydrogen Arcjet Thruster - Wei-Ping Sun, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics  
15:20 - 15:35 › Using Plasma Simulation as a Smart Controller of Microwave Discharge Devices for Material Processing - Yasuyoshi Yasaka, Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kobe University  
15:35 - 15:45 › Xe-Ar and Ar plasma discharges in a small Hall Effect thruster: Electric and optic diagnostic - Fatou DIOP, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
14:55 - 16:30 M. Measurement Techniques (Cabannes) - Chair: A. Haddad - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
14:55 - 15:10 › Designing a High Resolution Microcontroller-based Electrostatic Probe System for Plasma Characterization - Spyridon Aleiferis, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, High Voltage Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Departement, University of Patras  
15:10 - 15:20 › Determination of absolute atomic hydrogen densities by Two-Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence in a H2/CH4 Microwave Plasma at High Pressure and High Microwave Power - Corinne Duluard, Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux  
15:20 - 15:35 › Determination of electric conductivity of hot argon gas using a high-frequency high-voltage generator - Carsten Leu, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Research Unit High-Voltage Technologies  
15:35 - 15:45 › Distribution Voltage of Insulators Measuring Using Tungsten Needle Electrodes - Mingxi Zhu, Tsinghua University  
15:45 - 16:00 › Electron temperature and density measurements in GTAW and GMAW processes by thomson scattering - Marina Kühn-Kauffeldt, University of Federal Armed Forces Munich  
16:00 - 16:15 › Experimental study of an electrical discharge at atmospheric pressure - Nuno CERQUEIRA, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
16:15 - 16:30 › Experimental study on leader characteristics in atmospheric air using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer - Xuan Zhou, Department of Electrical Engineering, State Key Lab of Power System, Tsinghua University  
15:45 - 16:00 H. Light Sources (Blaise) - Chair: Z. Petrovic - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
15:45 - 16:00 › Ne-like Ar Soft X-ray Laser Pumped by Capillary Discharge with Different Current Pulses - Yongpeng zhao, National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Tunable Laser, Harbin Institute of Technology  
16:00 - 16:30 G. Pulsed-Power Application (Blaise) - Chair: Z. Petrovic - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:00 - 16:15 › Plasma volume and energy influences on the combustion efficiency using a new spark-plug - Dragos ASTANEI, „Gheoghe Asachi“Technical University of Iasi, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
16:15 - 16:30 › Performance of plasma closing switches filled with air, nitrogen and a nitrogen/oxygen mixture - Michael Hogg, University of Strathclyde  
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break  
16:45 - 17:50 D. High Pressure Plasmas and Applications (Blaise) - Chair: K.-D. Weltmann - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:45 - 17:00 › Plasma-aided gasification of biomass - Pablo Escot Bocanegra, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
17:00 - 17:10 › Reactive Species Delivery in Atmospheric He+O2 Cold Plasma - Aijun Yang, State Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University  
17:10 - 17:25 › Study on Premixed Combustion Enhancement with Dielectric Barrier Discharge - Lin Yu, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University  
17:25 - 17:35 › Time-resolved mass spectrometry of positive ions and ICCD imaging of atmospheric pressure plasma jet - Zoran Lj. Petrovic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade  
17:35 - 17:50 › Visualization of nanosecond surface dielectric barrier discharge at high pressures - Sergey Stepanyan, Ecole Polytechnique  
16:45 - 17:00 M. Measurement Techniques (Cabannes) - Chair: S. Leonov - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
16:45 - 17:00 › Using an emissive probe to measure time-averaged plasma potential in a Hall thruster discharge - Aude PETIN, Institut de Combustion Aérothermique Réactivité et Environnement  
17:00 - 17:50 L. Emerging and Topical Applications of Gas Discharges (Cabannes) - Chair: S. Leonov - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
17:00 - 17:10 › Ignition in Ethanol-Containing Mixtures after High-Voltage Nanosecond Discharge - Ilya Kosarev, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology  
17:10 - 17:25 › Ignition of Combustible Mixtures by Nanosecond Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge - Ilya Kosarev, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology  
17:25 - 17:35 › Production of Ammonia in a Packed-Bed Dielectric Barrier Discharge - Anthony Murphy, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering  
17:35 - 17:50 › Synthesis of (B-C-N) nanomaterials by arc discharge - Valensi Flavien, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie  
17:50 - 18:05 J. Test Techniques and Diagnostics (Cabannes) - Chair: S. Leonov - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
17:50 - 18:05 › Analysis of Partial Discharge Signals with Higher Dimension Chromaticity - Gordon Jones, University of Liverpool  
18:10 - 19:00 ISC Meeting - Room P001  
19:15 - 23:55 Conference Banquet  

Friday, July 11, 2014

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:45 INVITED: Derivation/validation of collision cross sections for ions and electrons in gases from measured swarm coefficients (Cabannes) - J. de Urquijo, Chair: C.M. Franck
 
09:45 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:30 K. Fundamental Processes and Cross-Sections (Blaise) - C.M. Franck, J. De Urquijo - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › An argon collisional-radiative model application to hollow-cathode - Su-Rong Sun, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics  
10:15 - 10:25 › Analysis of Insulating Characteristics of SF6 and CF3I from the Point of View of Microscopic Features - Yunkun DENG, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
10:25 - 10:40 › Basic data of Ar+ and Ar2+ ions in argon gas needed to optimize low temperature plasma jets for biomedical uses - Alexandre Chicheportiche, LABORATOIRE PLASMA ET CONVERSION D'ENERGIE  
10:40 - 10:50 › Calculation of Electron Swarm Parameters of c-C4F8/N2 Mixtures Using an Improved Monte Carlo Collision Simulation Method - Songlin QIN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
10:50 - 11:05 › Discharge effect on the chemical kinetics of negative temperature coefficient in propane-air mixture - Elena Filimonova, Joint institute for high temperatures of RAS  
11:05 - 11:20 › Effect of Secondary Electron Emission Coefficient on Townsend's Second Ionization Coefficient - Haruaki Akashi, National Defense Academy  
11:20 - 11:30 › Electron drift, diffusion, and effective ionization coefficients in SF6-CHF3 and SF6-CF4 mixtures from Boltzmann analysis - Linsheng Wei, School of Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China  
11:30 - 11:45 › Formation of vibrational distribution function of electronically-excited N2(A3S) molecules in nitrogen discharge plasma - Nikolay Popov, Lomonosov Moscow State University - MSU (RUSSIA)  
11:45 - 12:00 › PIC-MC Simulations for Microplasmapropagation in parallel Multi Cavity Arrangements at Atmospheric Pressure Conditions - Michael Hilbert, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for High Voltage Technology and Electrical Power Systems  
12:00 - 12:15 › Swarm Parameter Measurements of c-C4F8O in buffer gases - Christian M. Franck, Power Systems and High Voltage Laboratories, ETH Zurich  
12:15 - 12:30 › Two Temperature Plasma Properties of Ablated PTFE Vapour Used for Pulsed Plasma Thrusters - Weizong Wang, Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology  
10:00 - 10:40 I. Lightning (Cabannes) - Chair: J. Schein, J.E. Jones - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:00 - 10:15 › Gas dynamical model of linear lightning discharge - Oleg Kravchenko, STC UI RAS  
10:15 - 10:25 › Investigation of charged gas instability in 2D model of lightning discharge - Oleg Kravchenko, STC UI RAS  
10:25 - 10:40 › Study of a high current arc used for direct lightning effect caracterization - clement zaepffel, ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab  
10:40 - 12:30 J. Test Techniques and Diagnostics (Cabannes) - Chair: J. Schein, J.E. Jones - Each talk is 10'+2' duration  
10:40 - 10:50 › Design of a simplified ion-flux probe for plasmas free of insulating deposits - Vasilios Dimitris Karaventzas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [Patras]  
10:50 - 11:05 › Electric spark discharge in air characterization by following electrodes erosion - Stéphane PELLERIN, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés  
11:05 - 11:20 › Electrical Discharges on the Condensable Hydrocarbons Under the Influence of DC Voltage: An Experimental Approach - Saravanakumar Arumugam, University of Rostock, Rostock  
11:20 - 11:30 › Integrated Modeling Environment "Virtual Discharge" for Gas Discharge Study - Sergey Stepanov, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics  
11:30 - 11:45 › Investigations on the Interaction between Switching Arc and Quenching Gas in Insulating Nozzles by Optical Measurements - Paul Gregor Nikolic, Institute for High Voltage Technology - RWTH Aachen University  
11:45 - 12:00 › Propagation Characteristics of PD-induced UHF Signal in GIS with Three-Phase Construction - Xiaohua Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University  
12:00 - 12:15 › Quantitative determination of density of ground state atomic oxygen from both TALIF and emission spectroscopy in hot air plasma generated by microwave resonant cavity - Gaëtan WATTIEAUX, LAPLACE-CNRS University of Toulouse  
12:15 - 12:30 › Spatial characterization of a Capacitively Coupled Plasma in argon at low pressure with double Langmuir probe and Optical Emission Spectroscopy diagnostics - Christopher Laurent, Université de Toulouse, CUFR J.F. Champollion, Laboratoire DPHE  
12:30 - 12:45 Closing Ceremony (Cabannes)  
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch