Effective ozone generation utilizing a meshed-plate electrode in a dielectric-barrier discharge type ozone generator

A meshed-plate electrode, an alternative to the conventional plate electrode of the dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) ozone generator, has been studied in order to show the effectiveness of the meshed-plate electrode in improving ozone generation. A DBD ozone generator with mesh electrode is shown to have the following two advantages: First, such a device produces corona at its thin, sharp edges, thereby decreasing corona onset voltage for a given gap spacing. Second, by utilizing the air-voids of the meshed-plate electrode, the dense ozone produced in the small, high temperature gap region of the DBD can escape rapidly to the low temperature region. As a result, decomposition of the ozone can be reduced. In this study, surface discharge, meshed-plate electrode, and conventional DBD ozone generators are studied and compared experimentally. The maximum ozone generation concentration and ozone generation efficiency are obtained with the meshed-plate type electrode.     

Neutralization of charged dielectric materials using a dielectric barrier discharge

Safety and efficiency are two characteristics that must be satisfied by an electric charge neutralizer. The dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), which has the advantage of preventing arc transition, is an interesting tool to safely neutralize unwanted charge. This paper is aimed at studying the efficiency of neutralizing charged polyethylene (PE) granules by using a dielectric barrier discharge. During this study, several factors were considered such as the amplitude and the frequency of the AC voltage, the polarity and the charging mode of the samples, as well as the electrode configuration. Two DBD electrode configurations were considered: simple DBD and a DBD with installed metallic grid. The obtained results show that using the DBD can lead to excellent neutralization results when the grid is installed. With the appropriate voltage amplitude and frequency and with grid installed, the elimination of nearly 99% of the initial surface charges can be achieved. The metallic grid placed between the DBD electrode and the target enhances significantly the neutralization efficiency.     

等离子体激励翼型分离流动控制数值模拟

文章利用CFD软件FLUENT中的自定义函数接口, 将等离子体对中性气体的激励作用模型化为体积力引入Navier-Stokes方程, 研究了等离子体气动激励诱导的平板射流, 以及介质阻挡放电(dielectric barrier discharge, DBD)等离子体激励对NACA0015翼型大迎角分离流的控制作用.计算分析表明, 多对电极等离子体激励器可以有效控制NACA0015翼型大迎角分离流动.      

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The electric field strength and electron mean kinetic energy in co-axial dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) were estimated based on static electric filed model. Through the comparison of the single dielectric layer DBD with the double dielectric layer DBD, it was found the electric field strength and electron mean kinetic energy in double dielectric layer DBD are greater than that in the single dielectric layer DBD under the same electrode configuration and discharge conditions. The calculation results can successfully applied to explain the toluene degradation efficiency in double dielectric layer DBD is larger than that in the single dielectric layer DBD under the same discharge parameters.     

估算线筒式介质阻挡放电场强和电子平均动能的方法

利用静电场模型对线筒式介质阻挡放电电场强度进行了计算,并对电子平均动能进行了估算。通过对单双介质阻挡放电(DBD)的对比,发现在相同的放电条件下,双介质DBD产生的电场强度和电子平均动能比单介质DBD的要大。这就很好地解释了在相同的放电参数下,甲苯的降解效率在双介质DBD中要比单介质DBD中大。     

The influence of dielectric surface charge distribution upon thepartial discharge behavior in short air gaps

A two-dimensional breakdown model based upon the continuity equations for electrons and ions and the Poisson equation is employed to examine the influence of surface charges upon the partial discharge behavior of a short metallic-dielectric plane-parallel electrode gap of 0.05 cm in an air-like mixture at atmospheric pressure. The form of charge distribution at the dielectric electrode surface is found to significantly affect a number of important discharge parameters, such as the uniformity of the electric field, the charge density and its radial distribution within the gap, as well as the discharge propagation time     

非链式脉冲氟化氘激光器的放电特性

为了提升非链式DF激光器输出能量与电光转换效率, 使用有限元分析法, 分别计算了Chang氏电极和粗糙阴极与光滑阳极组成的平板电极间的静电场分布。对于Chang氏电极, 引入了火花针尖端强电场, 计算了火花针紫外预电离放电的电场分布。对于平板电极, 计算了阴极表面毛刺尖端的静电场分布, 发现毛刺会在阴极表面形成一系列较高强度的电场区域而不会导致平板电极间电场均匀性恶化。进而对两种电极进行了脉冲放电实验, 获得了非链式脉冲DF激光器的放电特性和输出参数。实验结果表明:均匀电场分布有利于提高非链式脉冲DF激光器的输出能量;自引发DF激光器阴极毛刺尖端强电场有利于实现体放电;自引发放电更适用于大体积均匀放电。     

Enhancement of thin air jets produced by ring-shaped dielectric barrier discharges using an auxiliary electrode

A ring-shaped dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) was explored as a small form factor ionic wind device. Using a concentric ring electrode geometry, the DBD produced a converging ionic wind that leads to a vertical flow away from the DBD electrodes. The vertical flow was channeled through an outlet nozzle to produce a thin air jet, and a grounded auxiliary electrode was placed at the nozzle to enhance the exit velocity. The inner diameter of the ring-shaped DBD electrode and the auxiliary electrode ranged 3.18–9.54 mm and 1.0–4.0 mm, respectively. Results showed that the auxiliary electrode generated an ionic wind velocity up to 3.7 m/s and increased the conversion efficiency from discharge to flow power by a factor of 30 by strengthening the electric field where the ions are accelerated.     

Electrode system of the high voltage glow discharge for metal heating

The electrode configuration of the high-voltage low pressure glow discharge with a cylindrical cathode for producing the annular beam of electrons is studied in this paper. Supposing that the space charge density is equal to zero the distribution of the electric field in the region between the electrodes is determined. The distribution of the electric field governs the processes in the discharge.The authors would like to express their thanks to Dr. J. Horsák for carrying out the numerical calculations.     

长寿命同轴三电极气体火花开关设计和实验北大核心CSCD

设计了一种新型的同轴三电极结构,仿真计算结果表明开关在充电及触发时电场最大值区域均匀性良好。引入循环吹气系统能够控制放电产物的流向,减小对开关绝缘结构内壁的污染,可在提高气体绝缘恢复能力的同时延长开关绝缘外壳寿命。在重频实验条件下(±40kV/20kA/0.1 Hz)进行了寿命考核实验,目前单个开关寿命考核实验已大于17.2万发次,开关工作稳定,自击穿电压特性和触发延时抖动特性良好。     

Modelling of corona discharge in cylinder-wire-plate electrode configuration

Numerical computation of the electric field strength and ionic space charge density in electrode systems consisting of ionizing wire and non-ionizing cylinder, connected to the same DC high-voltage supply and facing a grounded plate, is a difficult problem, which is of interest to several electrostatic processes applications. In a previous study a simple numerical method has been proposed to calculate the spatial distributions of electric field and ionic space charge in a case of a continuum and uniform corona discharge originating at the surface of the wire. The aim of the present paper is to improve the physical model of the corona discharge in this particular electrode configuration, by assuming a more realistic law of charge injection on the wire circumference. The computations were carried out for an ionizing wire of radius r=0.1 mm, located at different distances h from a metallic tubular support of radius R=13.4 mm.The initial conditions of the corona discharge took into account the non-uniformity of the charge injection around the ionizing wire electrode. The computational results were compared with those obtained under the assumption of uniform corona discharge. The comparison pointed out that neither the non-uniformity of the electric field nor that of the charge injection can be neglected. They depend on the geometry of the electrode system and affect the distribution of the electric field and of the space charge density in the inter-electrode gap.     

圆筒状DBD放电特性模拟研究

用XOOPIC软件对同轴圆筒状反应装置DBD放电特性进行了二维模拟研究。在频率为20kHz、正弦电压幅值为5kV的大气压氩气放电中,再现了微放电通道形成和发展过程,其微放电的寿命约为4ns。获得了电子、离子、介质表面电荷密度和电场强度随空间和时间的分布,发现在高压线圈的位置附近电子、离子和介质表面电荷密度存在极值。与典型平板介质阻挡放电相比,微放电中的电子密度、场强增加2~3个数量级。     

Surface dielectric barrier discharge: Effect of encapsulation of the grounded electrode on the electromechanical characteristics of the plasma actuator

Active flow control is a rapidly developing topic because the associated industrial applications are of immense importance, particularly for aeronautics. Among all the flow control actuators, plasma-based devices are very promising. In most cases, the plasma actuator is based on a surface dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) established between two electrodes flush mounted on both sides of a dielectric layer. In this paper, the effects of the encapsulation of the grounded electrode on the electric wind produced by a surface DBD are investigated by Pitot velocity measurements. Moreover, the current versus time is statistically analysed in order to count the number of streamers, their duration and the electrical charge they transfer. Unfortunately it was not possible to detect and separate the glow-type synchronous current because its amplitude is of the same order as noise. On one hand, the encapsulation of the grounded electrode results in an increase of the electromechanical efficiency of the surface DBD plasma actuator because the electrical power consumption is divided by two. On the other hand, statistical analysis of the discharge current versus time has shown that the encapsulation results in a decrease of the streamer number and an increase of the charge transferred by each current streamer because the duration of streamers is longer.     

NaOH对苯胺气液两相介质阻挡放电特性的影响

研究气液两相介质阻挡放电(DBD)的特性,对于深入理解其放电机理、促进其在环保等工业领域中应用具有重要意义。通过电压电流波形和Lissajous图形等电气特性诊断及发射光谱和发光图像等光学特性诊断,研究了液体成分对大气压气液两相DBD放电特性的影响。比较了苯胺和苯胺加NaOH溶液中气液两相DBD放电特性,利用实验结果计算得到放电功率和传输电荷,并结合放电理论对放电机制进行了分析。结果表明,苯胺加NaOH溶液中气液两相DBD,其放电特性与纯苯胺溶液有明显不同,相同电压下其放电电流约为纯苯胺溶液的两倍,其发光强度更强,放电功率和传输电荷更大,且在光谱特性图波长589nm处出现Na原子谱线,NaOH的加入增加了溶液的电导率,同时促进了气相放电强度,使得放电增强。     

纳秒脉冲表面介质阻挡放电特性实验研究

在常规大气环境条件下,基于单极性纳秒脉冲电源对表面介质阻挡放电特性进行了实验研究。结果表明:纳秒脉冲表面介质阻挡放电的本质是丝状放电,放电集中在电压脉冲的上升沿;激励电压和脉冲重复频率越大,放电越强烈,越接近均匀放电,但电压的作用更侧重于均匀性,而频率的作用则侧重于放电的强度;电极间隙的优化可以使表面介质阻挡放电特性最好;玻璃作为阻挡介质时容易发生沿面闪络。     

常压窄间隙介质阻挡放电等离子体辐射特性

利用带有透明电极与可测向观察的一个介质阻挡放电(DBD)实验装置对它的常压窄间隙等离子体辐射特性进行了实验研究。结果表明：这一DBD装置的辐射特性会受激励电压、激励频率、DBD结构等多种因素影响。在频率为10～20kHz高压电源激励下，采用窄间隙、薄电介质层结构DBD可以大幅度提高放电空间的电场强度，增加放电功率密度，提高了放电装置性能。     

Evolution of the ion velocity distribution after sudden turn-on of a periodic electric field: A charge exchange model

An analytical solution to the problem of the ion velocity distribution evolution after turn-on of a periodic electric field is derived. The solution is constructed for the case of resonance charge exchange at a constant collision frequency (charge exchange model). The specific features of the transient process at the early stage of evolution are revealed. The phase shift between the applied field and the ion current at the periodic stage of the process is analyzed. The distribution function exhibits abrupt steps propagating in the velocity space. A method is proposed to study the ion-atom interaction cross section using a periodic electric field. The method is based on analysis of the current toward the electrode with a retarding potential.     

Uniformity analysis of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) processed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surface

A dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma, operating in air at atmospheric pressure, has been used to induce changes in the surface properties of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films. The effects that the key DBD operating parameters: discharge power, processing speed, processing duration, and electrode configurations, have on producing wettability changes in the PET surface region have been investigated. The approach taken involves the application of an Taguchi experimental design and robust analysis methodology. The various data sets obtained from these analyses have been used to studies the effect of the operating parameters on the surface uniformity and efficiency of the said treatment.In general, the results obtained indicate that DBD plasma processing is an effective method for the controlled surface modification of PET. Relatively short exposures to the atmospheric pressure discharge produces significant wettability changes at the polymer film surface, as indicted by pronounced reductions in the water contact angle measured. It was observed that the wettability of the resultant surface shows no significant differences in respect to orientation parallel (L-direction) or perpendicular (T-direction) to the electrode long axis. However, there was significant differences between the data obtained from these two orientations. Analysis of the role of each of the operating parameters concerned shows that they have a selective effectiveness with respect to resultant surface modification in terms of uniformity of modification and wettability. The number of treatment cycles and the electrode configuration used were found to have the most significant effects on the homogeneity of the resultant PET surface changes in L- and T-orientation, respectively. On the other hand, the applied power showed no significant role in this regard. The number of treatment cycles was found to be the dominant factor (at significance level of 0.05) in respect of water contact angle changes at the processed PET surface in both orientations. The driven metal electrodes (stainless steel or aluminium) were apparently superior to the driven dielectric electrode (ceramic or quartz) configurations. The grounded electrode in each case was a silicon rubber-covered aluminium plate (see later). The nature and scale of the surface changes that originate from the various processing conditions employed have been considered so as to determine the optimum treatment conditions in respect of processing outcomes, properties and any orientation dependence. Thus, it was revealed that higher processing speeds and longer processing durations are key for uniformity along the electrode axial orientation, while lower processing speeds and short exposure durations are key considerations, in the corresponding perpendicular orientation. In general, longer processing durations (low processing speeds and a high number of treatment cycles) and higher plasma powers induced greater changes in the surface wettability of the PET, as demonstrated by the observed water contact angles. This behaviour is taken to indicate that different combinations of DBD operating parameters and electrodes produce discharge conditions that can result in different plasma chemical processes in respect of uniformity, treatment efficiency and orientation dependence.     

TEA CO2激光器几种放电电极的比较

 从均匀场电极理论出发，计算并讨论了近似Rogowski电极、Chang电极(含紧凑式Chang电极)和Ernst电极的形状、理论电场分布和实际电场分布。对实验室所用的几种电极进行了脉冲放电实验，从而获得了TEA CO₂激光器的放电参数与输出特性，并对这些结果进行了比较和分析。计算表明，在基本参数相同的情况下，Ernst电极具有最紧凑的外形和最佳的均匀电场分布。实验表明，采用近似Rogowski电极的TEA CO₂激光器具有最大放电辉光范围和44 kV的最小放电击穿电压；采用Ernst电极的TEA CO₂激光器具有25 J的最高单脉冲能量和最大17.2%的斜率效率。最后提出了TEA CO₂激光器主电极的选择建议。     

大气压氩气介质阻挡辉光放电的一维仿真研究

为了研究氩气(Ar)中介质阻挡大气压辉光放电(APGD)的放电机理, 通过建立一个一维的多粒子自洽耦合流体模型, 采用有限元方法进行数值计算, 得到了气体间隙压降、介质表面电荷密度、放电电流密度随时间的周期变化波形, 以及电子、离子、亚稳态粒子密度和空间电场强度的时空分布. 仿真计算结果表明：介质表面积聚的电荷对于放电的过程的起始及熄灭具有重要作用;当增大外施电压时, 放电击穿时刻提前, 放电电流密度和介质表面电荷密度峰值增大, 表明放电过程更加剧烈;随着阻挡介质相对介电常数的增大, 放电电流密度也随之增大. 各粒子密度及电场的时空分布表明放电过程在外施电压半个周期中只有一次放电, 且存在明显的阴极位降区、负辉区、等离子体正柱区等辉光放电的典型区域, 为大气压辉光放电(APGD).