Key insights into the reacting kinetics of atmospheric pressure plasmas using He$+$N2/O2/CO2/H2O/Air mixtures

A zero dimensional kinetic chemistry computational modeling to identify the important collisional mechanisms and the dominant species in atmospheric pressure plasmas has been developed [1]. This modeling provides an enhanced capability to tailor wide variety of reactive intermediates/species in atmospheric pressure plasmas using He$+$N2/O2/CO2/H2O/Air mixtures. The influence of the gas constituent, the gas temperature and the excitation frequency (kHz-, RF-, Pulsed-working) on the complex reacting chemical kinetics is clarified. This work also focuses on the benchmarking between the predictive outputs of this computer-based simulations and the diverse experimental diagnostics with particular emphasis on reactive oxygen/nitrogen intermediates/species. \\[4pt] [1] T. Murakami et al Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 22(2013)015003 / 22(2013)015003 / 23(2014)025005.