摘要 |
<p>An arc heater system as a high energy heat source characterized by a housing forming a plenum chamber, a plurality of arc heaters mounted on the housing circumferentially and extending substantially radially thereon, each arc heater comprising a downstream electrode adjacent to the housing and an upstream electrode remote therefrom and an intermediate gap therebetween, a polyphase wye-connected power system comprising one conductor for each phase and a neutral conductor, the upstream electrodes of each arc heater being connected to the phase conductors, the downstream electrodes being connected to the neutral conductor, whereby arc heated jet streams from the arc heaters merge and project into the housing.</p> |