Air Plasma Jet Propulsion

Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

"The authors' plasma jet thruster generates the high-temperature, high-pressure plasma in situ using only injected air and electricity. The prototype plasma jet device can lift a 1-kilogram steel ball over a 24-millimeter diameter quartz tube, where the high-pressure air is converted into a plasma jet by passing through a microwave ionization chamber."

 

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