Analysis of energy balance of the arc discharge limited by walls

The modeling of the formation of the equilibrium arc discharge structure in the axisymmetric formulation was carried out in a wide range of the values of current and radius. The boundary separating the radiation and heat-conducting regimes of discharge combustion was determined from computed data. The influence of energy mechanisms on the structure of the discharge was analysed, and a channel model was proposed for computing its parameters in the radiation regime.     

大气压介质阻挡丝状放电时空演化数值模拟

通过数值求解二维流体方程，在均匀的初始条件下研究了大气压丝状放电的整体时空演化.通过模拟可以发现，在丝状放电的时空演化过程中，各条放电通道在不同位置相继发生击穿，且放电通道有遍历整个放电空间的趋势.在一定条件下，放电通道还会发生分裂与合并现象，其中放电通道的分裂导致了放电空间中放电通道的增加，而放电通道的合并则提供了一条放电空间中放电通道减少的途径.研究还表明，介质表面电荷是影响丝状放电整体时空演化的关键因素之一. 关键词： 介质阻挡放电 丝状放电 数值模拟 时空演化     

Microstructure of the current channels in a nanosecond spark discharge in atmospheric-pressure air in uniform and highly nonuniform electric fields

The microstructure of a nanosecond spark discharge in atmospheric-pressure air in uniform and highly nonuniform electric fields is investigated. It is found that an 0.1-to 0.4-mm spark channel consists of a large number (from 100 to 1000) of 5-to 10-μm-diameter microchannels distributed nearly uniformly over the channel cross section. The current amplitude in the spark is 1.5–3 kA, and the current density in a microchannel is 10⁷ A/cm². It is shown that the formation of the microstructure cannot be attributed to ionization-heating instability. The instability of the ionization wave front is suggested as a mechanism for the microstructure formation.     

发射光谱研究多针对板正电晕放电形貌

利用光学发射光谱(OES)法检测N₂发射光谱,研究了常压下多针对板正电晕放电中辉光放电和击穿流光放电的高能电子分布,并与相同电极结构下负电晕放电进行了比较。根据N₂第二正态激发谱峰I_SPB在空间的分布,较精确地确定了辉光放电电离区形貌和击穿流光放电电通道形貌,体积分辉光放电中I_SPB获知I_SPB与放电电流I之间的关系。辉光放电中,电离区范围和I_SPB比负电晕放电小,电子雪崩沿针径向比沿轴向发展范围大;随着U升高,电离区范围只沿针轴向小幅度增大;I_SPB的积分值与I近似成二阶线性关系。击穿流光放电中,针板之间形成放电通道;针尖周围I_SPB较强的区域成“子弹状”,距离针尖较远的放电通道内高能电子密度沿针轴向分布比较均匀,沿针径向先略有增大后减小。     

大气压介质阻挡放电中的自组织斑图结构

采用水作为电极,对大气压介质阻挡放电中的自组织斑图结构进行了研究,观测到了规则的斑图结构(包括准六边形斑图和条带状斑图)和不规则的斑图结构.实验发现斑图中放电丝的密度随着电介质层厚度的增加及放电气隙宽度变大而减小,而随外加电压及频率增大而增大.采用空间相关函数的方法分析了准六边形斑图结构中的放电丝分布与驱动电源电压的关系 关键词： 介质阻挡放电 自组织斑图 放电丝密度 空间相关函数     

Microstructure of the current channel of an atmospheric-pressure diffuse discharge in a rod-plane air gap

The multichannel structure of the current channel of an atmospheric-pressure diffuse discharge excited in a 10-cm rod-plane air gap was investigated using the imprint technique. A voltage pulse with an amplitude of 240 kV, a duration of 180 ns, and a rise time of 14 ns was applied to a 1-cm-diameter bullet-shaped cathode with a tip curvature radius of 0.2 mm; the discharge current reached 350 A. It is found that the diameter of the discharge channel in the anode plane varies in the range 2.5–9.7 mm from shot to shot. The overall imprint of the current channel is formed of 170–9500 imprints of microchannels with an average diameter of 5–20 μm. The parameters of the observed microstructure do not correlate with variations in the main electric characteristics of the discharge and the parameters of the generated X-ray pulse. It is shown that the formation of the microstructure is related to the onset of cathode-directed plasma structures developing from the anode. It is suggested that the same mechanism is responsible for both the formation of the current channels structure and the anode microstructure of diffuse nanosecond discharges developing in atmospheric-pressure air gaps with a highly nonuniform electric field.     

Interaction between glow discharge plasma and dust particles

The effect of dust particle concentration on gas discharge plasma parameters was studied through development of a self-consistent kinetic model which is based on solving the Boltzmann equation for the electron distribution function. It was shown that an increase in the Havnes parameter causes an increase in the average electric field and ion density, as well as a decrease in the charge of dust particles and electron density in a dust particle cloud. Self-consistent simulations for a wide range of plasma and dust particle parameters produced several scaling laws: these are laws for dust particle potential and electric field as a function of dust particle concentration and radius, and the discharge current density. The simulation results demonstrate that the process of self-consistent accommodation of parameters of dust particles and plasma in condition of particle concentration growth causes a growth in the number of high-energy electrons in plasma, but not to depletion of electron distribution function.     

液体电极上辉光放电丝的运动特性研究

大气压液体电极放电在生物医疗、化学降解、环境保护等众多方面具有广泛的应用前景,引起了研究者的关注.本文利用直流电压激励棒-水电极装置,在6 mm气隙间产生了大气压辉光放电.研究发现,随着电流的增大,放电由锥状转变成柱状,且此过程中水面上放电环的直径先增大后减小.利用高速照相机对放电进行研究,发现锥状放电是由单个放电丝旋转形成的.通过测量放电的伏安特性,表明放电处于正常辉光机理.利用光谱学方法,研究了不同电流下的振动温度、转动温度和谱线强度比I_(391.4)/I_(337.1),发现它们均随电流的增加而增大.根据气体放电理论,分析和解释了放电丝的运动机理,并对水面上放电环直径随电流的变化关系进行了解释.这些结果对于大气压液体电极放电的理论研究和实际应用均具有一定参考价值.     

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介绍了HL-2A装置NBI系统的多极会切场桶式离子源灯丝电阻特性的实验结果,运用一维数值模型对灯丝稳态温度分布进行了数值计算.在不起弧时,计算了不同灯丝加热电流下的灯丝温度分布和对应的灯丝电阻.在起弧时,通过灯丝表面的等离子体鞘层近似,计算了灯丝电源输出电流为120A时不同弧流下的灯丝温度分布及灯丝电阻,给出了钨灯丝熔化对应的极限弧放电电流.最后,分析讨论了计算结果与实验测量结果的偏差.     

Ultrasonic scattering by two concentric cylinders

A series solution for scattering from two concentric, fluid cylinders of different speeds and densities has been employed to compute the scattered pressure for a range of frequencies, material parameters, and emitter and detector functions. This range includes the nominal parameters of measurements that were made at a frequency of 1.0 MHz and a radius of 150 mm on a gel model with an outer radius of 25.00 mm and an inner radius of 9.52 mm. The nominal parameters correspond to a ka of 626.2 for the measurement radius, a ka of 106.0 for the outer cylinder, and a ka of 39.8 for the inner cylinder. Scattering was calculated for frequencies for 10 kHz to 10 MHz which resulted in ka values from 6.26 to 6262 for the measurement radius, from 1.06 to 1060 for the outer cylinder, and from 0.398 to 398 for the inner cylinder. The effects on scattering of changes in speed and density parameters of the concentric cylinders are presented. First, the speed of the outer cylinder was raised by a factor of 10 from the nominal while the density of the outer cylinder and the speeds and densities of the inner cylinder and the surrounding medium were held fixed. Next, the density of the outer cylinder was raised while its speed was fixed at nominal, as were the speeds and densities of the inner cylinder and the medium. Finally, the speed first and then the density of the inner cylinder was raised while the parameters of the outer cylinder and of the medium were held fixed at nominal.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Longitudinal DC electric discharge in a supersonic air flow

A longitudinal dc electric discharge in a submerged high-pressure supersonic air jet is described. Photographs of the discharge are provided. The experimental voltage across the discharge gap and the discharge current are given for two resistances of the resistor that limits the discharge current over a certain range of the discharge channel length along the air flow. The current-voltage discharge characteristic is provided at a constant discharge length. The main discharge characteristics are obtained from a comparison of the experimental and theoretical results calculated on the basis of the simplest model.     

依据光谱研究闪电放电通道的半径及能量传输特性

利用无狭缝摄谱仪获得的云对地闪电回击过程的光谱, 结合同步辐射电场变化资料, 计算了闪电放电通道的温度、线电荷密度、通道的初始半径和扩张后的半径以及回击通道单位长度储存的能量. 结果与文献报道的其他方法得到的结果符合很好. 这些物理量的相关性分析表明: 电弧通道的初始半径主要取决于回击电流的持续时间; 通道温度越高, 半径越大; 通道初始半径、单位长度储存的能量与光谱总强度正相关, 通道单位长度储存的能量与初始半径的平方成正比. 关键词： 闪电放电通道 半径 能量 光谱总强度     

Quasi-stationary stage of a nonequilibrium optical discharge in the field of a Bessel wave beam

The self-consistent stationary distributions of the field and plasma produced by Bessel wave beams in a gas with the ionization and Kerr nonlinearities are studied analytically. Using a stationary model based on the condition of a constant field amplitude in the ionized region, the structures are considered to be formed by Bessel beams of two types: with an azimuthal electric field equal to zero at the symmetry axis and a quasitrans-verse field having a maximum at the axis. A specific feature of the plasma channel formed in the first case is the presence of a nonionized region in its central part (tubular discharge), whose radius is independent of the incident power. In the second case, the channel is continuous. The relation is found between the incident radiation power and the external radius of the discharge. It is shown that the Kerr nonlinearity, which is especially important at small divergence angles of the beam, enhances the maximum plasma density and reduces the discharge radius. The parameters of plasma structures produced upon focusing a Gaussian beam by a conical lens are estimated using the model proposed.     

Ultrasonic backscatter coefficient quantitative estimates from high-concentration Chinese Hamster Ovary cell pellet biophantoms

Previous work estimated the ultrasonic backscatter coefficient (BSC) from low-concentration (volume density <3%) Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO, 6.7-μm cell radius) cell pellets. This study extends the work to higher cell concentrations (volume densities: 9.6% to 63%). At low concentration, BSC magnitude is proportional to the cell concentration and BSC frequency dependency is independent of cell concentration. At high cell concentration, BSC magnitude is not proportional to cell concentration and BSC frequency dependency is dependent on cell concentration. This transition occurs when the volume density reaches between 10% and 30%. Under high cell concentration conditions, the BSC magnitude increases slower than proportionally with the number density at low frequencies (ka<1), as observed by others. However, what is new is that the BSC magnitude can increase either slower or faster than proportionally with number density at high frequencies (ka>1). The concentric sphere model least squares estimates show a decrease in estimated cell radius with number density, suggesting that the concentric spheres model is becoming less applicable as concentration increases because the estimated cell radius becomes smaller than that measured. The critical volume density, starting from when the model becomes less applicable, is estimated to be between 10% and 30% cell volume density.     

Studies of the parameters of a spark discharge between an artificial charged water-aerosol cloud and the ground

The optical and current characteristics of spark discharges between a grounded electrode and a strongly charged artificial water-aerosol cloud are studied experimentally. The spectral characteristics of the discharge current are investigated using wavelet and Fourier analyses. Three main types of discharge with different final stages are revealed and investigated. It is found that the parameters of a discharge in its final stage depend substantially on the discharge trajectory and the depth to which it penetrates into the aerosol cloud. It is shown that the parameters of the most powerful type of discharge (the brightness of the discharge channel, the current growth rate in the final stage, and the penetration depth into the charged aerosol cloud) are close to the discharge parameters in the main stage of natural lightning. It is also shown that such a discharge neutralizes up to 5% of the cloud charge. In contrast to Fourier analysis, wavelet analysis shows that the signal amplitude (i.e., the energy deposition rate in the discharge channel) is maximum at high frequencies for all types of discharge. Of special interest is the most powerful type of discharge, in which the signal amplitude (which is one to two orders of magnitude larger than in other discharges) is maximum at frequencies of several hundred megahertz.     

空气中空心阴极不同放电模式下的发光特性

为了进一步揭示空心阴极放电中放电模式的转换机制,特别是空心阴极放电过程中自脉冲的形成机理,利用柱型空心阴极放电结构,在空气环境下研究了放电处于不同模式时的发光特性。测量得到了不同放电模式下的伏安特性曲线、放电发光图像、自脉冲阶段的脉冲波形等。实验结果表明随着放电电流的增加放电分为汤生放电模式、自脉冲放电模式、正常辉光放电模式和反常辉光放电模式。虽然所用电源为直流电源,但在自脉冲放电阶段电流和电压随时间呈周期性变化。实验结果表明在不同的放电模式下具有不同的发光特性。在由汤生放电转换为自脉冲放电模式和由自脉冲模式转换为正常辉光放电模式过程中,放电腔的径向中心处和轴向孔口附近均存在光强的突变。实验同时在200～700 nm范围内测量得到了不同电流时的发射光谱。结果表明发射光谱主要集中在330～450 nm,主要包括氮分子的第二正带系(C3Π_u→B3Π_g )和氮分子离子的第一负带系（B2Σ+_u→X2Σ+_g）。其中氮分子离子第一负带系具有较强的发射光谱。由于B2Σ+_u激发电位较高,因此该谱带较强发射光谱的存在表明空心阴极放电较其他放电形式更容易获得高激发态粒子和高能量电子。在650～700 nm附近存在一弱的发光谱带,主要为氮分子的第一正带发射谱（B3Π_g→A3Σ+_u）。在此基础上根据双原子光谱发射理论,结合氮分子第二正带系的三组顺序组带：Δν=-1,-2和-3,利用玻尔兹曼斜率法计算得到了不同放电模式下氮气的分子振动温度。结果表明在实验电流范围内分子振动温度在3 300 K左右,随着电流的增加而升高,并且在自脉冲消失时存在一突变迅速增强。由于电子能量、电子密度与分子振动温度密切相关,因此该结果也表明随着放电电流的增加电子平均能量和电子密度不断增加,当脉冲消失时,电子平均能量和电子密度出现跃变升高。最后,对空心阴极放电中自脉冲的形成机理进行了讨论,结果表明自脉冲放电源于放电模式的转换。     

闪电过程中电磁辐射功率的变化特征

利用无狭缝摄谱仪获得的地闪回击光谱,结合同步电场资料,计算了一次闪电放电过程中的通道温度、电导率、回击电流峰值、通道光亮度和电磁功率峰值等参数,均在文献报道的合理范围内。并由此讨论了回击前截止时间、回击通道光亮度及电磁功率峰值之间的相关性,研究了放电通道的电导率、电流和电磁功率之间的变化关系。结果表明：回击前截止时间越长,回击过程中所中和的电荷越多,形成的电流越大,辐射出的电磁能量越大。当通道电导率变大,同时电场变化峰值也增大时,通道内电流变大,回击过程中辐射出的电磁功率也变大。这方面的工作为计算闪电放电过程中产生的光学能量和电磁能量提供一定的参考依据。     

气压对微束射频容性放电模式调制的研究

微束射频容性放电在纳米晶体颗粒等离子体增强气相合成有着潜在的应用前景.本论文利用ICCD、单反相机、高压探头和电流探头等对微束射频容性放电特性进行了实验诊断研究.结果发现:在纯氩气微束射频放电中,随着气压的增加,放电从辉光放电模式向多通道丝状放电模式转换;在99%氩/1%氢混合气体微束射频放电中,丝状放电模式消失,而是从低气压全空间分布的辉光放电模式,到中等气压向轴心收缩的辉光放电模式,最后到高气压的“环状”辉光放电模式;而在纯氢气微束射频放电中,随着气压的增加,放电模式直接从全空间分布的辉光放电模式向“环状”辉光放电模式转换.最后通过射频电场中电子加热、趋肤效应和气体热传导的共同作用解释了产生不同放电模式的物理机制.