磁加速等离子体激励器激励特性

为了增强等离子体激励器的扰动能力、提升等离子体气动激励的控制效果,采用高压探针、烟流显示和PIV流场测试等多种研究手段,开展了磁场加速等离子体激励器特性研究,获得了激励器不同时刻的放电图像,分析了磁场强度对激励器电学特性与诱导流场特性的影响规律.结果表明,（1）放电等离子体的定向运动速度与磁场强度成正比,磁加速等离子体的最大移动速度达到了6 m/s;（2）通过对不同剖面的诱导流场进行研究发现,磁场加速等离子体激励器能够在近壁区产生一系列涡结构.此外,该诱导流场具有显著的三维特征与非定常特性.研究结果为开展基于磁加速等离子体气动激励的流动控制奠定了基础.      

介质阻挡放电等离子体对近壁区流场的控制的实验研究

采用粒子图像测速仪对介质阻挡放电等离子体在静止流场中诱导出的速度场、等离子体激励对平板附面层的改变进行了研究.实验结果表明,等离子体激励作用主要集中在近壁面附近;激励电压与诱导速度近似为线性关系,激励频率对诱导速度的影响不大.将等离子体流动控制原理初步归纳为撞击效应和热效应,并通过数值模拟的方法研究了热效应对等离子体激励诱导速度场的影响.数值模拟结果表明,在无来流的情况下等离子体热效应对流场的影响比较明显,使局部水平方向速度大小提高近30%.简要介绍了提高等离子体激励强度的方法. 关键词： 介质阻挡放电等离子体 流动控制 边界层     

三电极共面介质阻挡放电的放电特性及诱导气流实验研究

等离子体流动控制激励器由于其响应速度快、激励频带宽、能量损耗低、可靠性强的优势,在航空航天领域的主动流动控制等方面得到了广泛应用.文章提出了一种新型的等离子体气动激励器——三电极共面介质阻挡放电激励器,研究了该激励器电极结构对放电特性和诱导气流速度的影响,并与传统共面介质阻挡放电和沿面介质阻挡放电激励器进行了比较.结果表明:（1）随着激励电压的提高,高压电极和地电极之间先出现了丝状放电并逐渐延伸到第三电极;（2）随着第三电极与高压电极之间的距离增大,诱导气流速率从2.4 m/s下降到0 m/s,而第三电极宽度的变动对诱导气流速度影响可忽略不计;（3）相同外部条件下,该激励器诱导的气流速度小于沿面介质阻挡放电激励器,但高于共面介质阻挡放电激励器.      

介质阻挡体放电对甲烷扩散火焰特性的影响

本文在高频交流激励模式下,采用同轴圆柱构型激励器,开展了介质阻挡体放电对空气/甲烷同轴剪切扩散火焰燃烧特性影响实验研究。激励器敷设在外喷嘴环缝以电离空气,采用纹影系统和B型热电偶分别获取流场形态和火焰温度,激励频率为8 kHz,通过改变气体流量和放电电压,分析了不同工况下射流流场、火焰结构和火焰温度在等离子体作用下的变化规律。结果表明:等离子体气动效应能有效增强射流湍流强度,强化空气/甲烷掺混,增大射流角,并随激励电压提高作用效果逐渐增强,实验中未形成明显扩张流动的初始射流在放电电压30 kV时其射流角最大为23.5°。贫燃条件下等离子体激励会改善火焰形态,增强燃烧稳定性,并在流量较低时缩短火焰长度。此外,富燃火焰下游温度会随着激励强度增大不断升高,而贫燃火焰下游温度变化受上游燃烧强度影响存在升高和降低两种情况。     

等离子体激励在滤清器中应用的试验研究

本文对采用等离子体激励控制滤清器惯性级中的气流分离进行了试验研究。采用粒子成像测速技术(PIV)测量3种不同位置处等离子体激励下的惯性级大分离位置处的速度流场。试验结果表明:等离子体激励产生的诱导气流对流场注入能量,能够增大出口气流的纵向分速。激励的效果与激励位置有关,激励位置越靠近气流分离点,激励效果越明显,出口气流纵向分速越大。因此,选取合适的等离子体激励器贴附位置,可以提高等离子体激励对惯性级中总压损失的控制效果。     

等离子体气动激励对气膜冷却特性的影响

采用大涡模拟方法研究了锯齿电极等离子体激励器气动激励对圆形孔和扇形孔平板气膜冷却效率和气动损失的影响。结果表明:锯齿电极激励器气动激励产生的动量注入效应促使边界层流体加速而提高了冷却气流向下游的延伸能力;锯齿电极激励器气动激励诱导的反肾形涡对削弱了肾形涡对的强度与尺度,减少了下游冷、热流体间的掺混,使得扇形孔的中心线和展向平均气膜冷却效率相对于圆形孔最大提高了130%和300%,肾形涡对控制区内的掺混总压损失显著减小;锯齿电极激励器气动激励导致气膜孔内的流动损失略有增大而使其成为影响总压损失的重要因素;锯齿电极激励器气动激励导致圆形孔的熵增升高了26%,但使得扇形孔的熵增减小了41%。     

等离子体气动激励器布局对放电特性与加速效果的影响

在常规大气环境下,对常规、半圆和锯齿三种不同布局的等离子体气动激励器的放电特性与加速效果进行了实验研究,对不同激励参数下的频率与放电电压和频率与放电电流以及等离子体气动激励器诱导的边界层速度进行了测量。实验结果表明：当等离子气动激励器基本设计参数相同时,布局形式的改变使得放电电压和放电电流参数值发生变化,但其谐振频率保持不变,诱导气流速度则相应的发生改变;实验中还发现,半圆、锯齿等离子体气动激励器放电时离子流对绝缘材料有很强的破坏作用。     

对称式布局介质阻挡放电等离子体激励器诱导启动涡

为了进一步提高等离子体激励器控制能力,采用粒子图像测速仪技术,以介质阻挡放电等离子体激励器为研究对象,开展了有、无来流条件下等离子体诱导启动涡的实验研究,获得了来流对启动涡发展演化及生存时间的影响.与传统非对称布局介质阻挡放电等离子体激励器相比,本文采用整个平板金属模型作为植入电极的对称布局方式开展研究.在金属模型表面粘贴聚酰亚胺胶带作为绝缘介质.将铜箔作为暴露电极沿平板展向布置,使激励器诱导气流沿流向方向.研究结果表明:对称布局式激励器会在暴露电极两侧产生一对方向相反的启动涡.在顺流向方向,来流加速了启动涡的破碎;在逆来流方向,来流延长了启动涡的生存时间,从而增加了激励器的掺混能力.该布局激励器具有掺混及射流效应两种能力,为提高等离子体激励器在高风速或高雷诺数下的控制效果积累了技术基础.     

锯齿电极等离子体激励器诱导流场特性分析

本文通过2D PIV及其CCD相机获取锯齿电极等离子体激励器在静态环境下诱导的流场结构以及放电图像。CCD相机拍摄的放电图像显示该激励器在锯齿中间存在一暗带区域,而不同截面的流场结果则验证了该型激励器能够诱导出带涡对三维射流结构,涡对贴近壁面向下游发展,并在激励器壁面上方诱导出下洗流。文中结合各拍摄截面的流场结构以及放电结构,分析了该型激励器诱导的流场结构特性,涡对发展规律和形成原因,以及锯齿电极激励器的放电特性,最后提出了其流场诱导机理模型。     

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基于介质阻挡放电等离子体体积力气动激励机理,数值研究了两种等离子体流动控制方案对螺旋桨桨径根部处于负攻角工况下叶素气动性能的改善效果.结果显示,激励器布置在下翼面时等离子体体积力大于其布置在叶素前后缘时的情况;激励器布置在下翼面时,可抑制流动分离,使得螺旋桨桨根部位叶素产生更大的负拉力,但会减小螺旋桨的扭矩;激励器布置在前后缘时,会使螺旋桨根部叶素拉力增大,提高螺旋桨总拉力,但不能抑制流动分离,所以会增大螺旋桨的扭矩.     

Dynamic evolution of vortex structures induced by tri-electrode plasma actuator

Plasma flow control is a new type of active flow control approach based on plasma pneumatic actuation.Dielectric barrier discharge(DBD) actuators have become a focus of international aerodynamic research.However,the practical applications of typical DBDs are largely restricted due to their limited discharge area and low relative-induced velocity.The further improvement of performance will be beneficial for engineering applications.In this paper,high-speed schlieren and high-speed particle image velocimetry(PIV) are employed to study the flow field induced by three kinds of plasma actuations in a static atmosphere,and the differences in induced flow field structure among typical DBD,extended DBD(EX-DBD),and tri-electrode sliding discharge(TED) are compared.The analyzing of the dynamic evolution of the maximum horizontal velocity over time,the velocity profile at a fixed horizontal position,and the momentum and body force in a control volume reveals that the induced velocity peak value and profile velocity height of EX-DBD are higher than those of the other two types of actuation,suggesting that EX-DBD actuation has the strongest temporal aerodynamic effect among the three types of actuations.The TED actuation not only can enlarge the plasma extension but also has the longest duration in the entire pulsed period and the greatest influence on the height and width of the airflow near the wall surface.Thus,the TED actuation has the ability to continuously influencing a larger three-dimensional space above the surface of the nlasma actuator.     

等离子体气动激励机理数值研究

基于介质阻挡与准直流电弧放电的物理过程, 分析了它们的气动激励机理, 建立了各自的气动激励模型, 并分别研究了它们对低速和超声速流动的激励效果. 结果显示: 介质挡板放电等离子体气动激励机理是改变了连续流体中的三种力, 即由牛顿内摩擦引起的剪切应力、由电动力学引起的体积力及由压力突变引起的冲击力, 其中基于电动力学的体积力效应占主导地位; 临近空间环境中体积力的作用效果更强, 诱导速度更大; 超声速来流下准直流电弧放电气动激励机理主要是等离子体的热阻塞效应, 本文所建立的爆炸丝传热模型可以用于仿真其控制激波的过程; 热电弧对于超声速来流而言就像一个具有一定斜坡角度的虚拟突起, 可用于高超声速飞行器前体激波的控制.     

Flow control with plasma-based actuator in different velocity regimes: Momentum and heat transfer effects

In this study, control of the airflow by the direct current (DC) electrical discharge with bare electrodes has been investigated in different velocity regimes. The discharge characteristics of the plasma model are obtained numerically. An induced electrohydrodynamic (EHD) force on neutral flow was characterized based on momentum transfer from charged particles. The change in the incident flow parameters was studied by applying Navier–Stokes (N-S) equations, considering source terms arising from a weakly ionized plasma. The effect of the discharge on the low- and high-speed flow was simulated in this study. It was concluded that the changes of the velocity profile, airflow pressure, and oblique shock wave could be attributed to the EHD force from a nonthermal plasma to the incoming airflow. It was seen that the incident airflow is accelerated also by the induced EHD force. Our results show that the most important mechanism in the plasma-based flow control is the momentum transfer from the electrical discharge to the incident flow and that the gas heating has no significant role.     

Experimental investigation of nanosecond discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation

In this paper we report on an experimental study of the characteristics of nanosecond pulsed discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation. The N 2 (C 3 Π u ) rotational and vibrational temperatures are around 430 K and 0.24 eV, respectively. The emission intensity ratio between the first negative system and the second positive system of N 2 , as a rough indicator of the temporally and spatially averaged electron energy, has a minor dependence on applied voltage amplitude. The induced flow direction is not parallel, but vertical to the dielectric layer surface, as shown by measurements of body force, velocity, and vorticity. Nanosecond discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation is effective in airfoil flow separation control at freestream speeds up to 100 m/s.     

Electrohydrodynamic flow in a wire-plate non-thermal plasma reactor measured by 3D PIV method

This work was aimed at measurements of the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) secondary flow in a non-thermal plasma reactor using three-dimensional particle image velocimetry (3D PIV) method. The wide-type non-thermal plasma reactor used in this work was an acrylic box with a wire discharge electrode and two plate collecting electrodes. The positive DC voltage was applied to the wire electrode through a 10 MΩ resistor. The collecting electrodes were grounded. The voltage applied to the wire electrode was 28 kV. Air flow seeded with a cigarette smoke was blown along the reactor duct with an average velocity of 0.6 m/s. The 3D PIV velocity fields measurements were carried out in four parallel planes stretched along the reactor duct, perpendicularly to the wire electrode and plate electrodes. The measured flow velocity fields illustrate complex nature of the EHD induced secondary flow in the non-thermal plasma reactor.     

Aerodynamic actuation characteristics of radio-frequency discharge plasma and control of supersonic flow

In this paper, aerodynamic actuation characteristics of radio-frequency(RF) discharge plasma are studied and a method is proposed for shock wave control based on RF discharge. Under the static condition, a RF diffuse glow discharge can be observed; under the supersonic inflow, the plasma is blown downstream but remains continuous and stable.Time-resolved schlieren is used for flow field visualization. It is found that RF discharge not only leads to continuous energy deposition on the electrode surface but also induces a compression wave. Under the supersonic inflow condition, a weak oblique shock wave is induced by discharge. Experimental results of the shock wave control indicate that the applied actuation can disperse the bottom structure of the ramp-induced oblique shock wave, which is also observed in the extracted shock wave structure after image processing. More importantly, this control effect can be maintained steadily due to the continuous high-frequency(MHz) discharge. Finally, correlations for schlieren images and numerical simulations are employed to further explore the flow control mechanism. It is observed that the vortex in the boundary layer increases after the application of actuation, meaning that the boundary layer in the downstream of the actuation position is thickened. This is equivalent to covering a layer of low-density smooth wall around the compression corner and on the ramp surface, thereby weakening the compressibility at the compression corner. Our results demonstrate the ability of RF plasma aerodynamic actuation to control the supersonic airflow.     

Flow visualization and PIV measurement of flow field around a darrieus rotor in dynamic stall

The flow field around a Darrieus rotor in dynamic stall is studied by flow visualization and PIV measurements. The visualization is carried out by dye injection technique while the phase averaged velocity distributions around the blade are measured by PIV combined with a conditional imaging technique. The results indicate the appearance of dynamic stall phenomenon due to the shedding of two pairs of vortices from the blade during one rotation of the rotor. These stall vortices are produced by the separation of flow over the inner surface of the blade and the formation of roll-up vortices from the outer surface. The second stall vortices develop along the blade and strongly interact with the flow field near the blade, affecting the aerodynamic performance of the rotor.     

Wind tunnel experiments on flow separation control of an Unmanned Air Vehicle by nanosecond discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation

Plasma flow control(PFC) is a new kind of active flow control technology, which can improve the aerodynamic performances of aircrafts remarkably. The flow separation control of an unmanned air vehicle(UAV) by nanosecond discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation(NDPAA) is investigated experimentally in this paper. Experimental results show that the applied voltages for both the nanosecond discharge and the millisecond discharge are nearly the same, but the current for nanosecond discharge(30 A) is much bigger than that for millisecond discharge(0.1 A). The flow field induced by the NDPAA is similar to a shock wave upward, and has a maximal velocity of less than 0.5 m/s. Fast heating effect for nanosecond discharge induces shock waves in the quiescent air. The lasting time of the shock waves is about 80 μs and its spread velocity is nearly 380 m/s. By using the NDPAA, the flow separation on the suction side of the UAV can be totally suppressed and the critical stall angle of attack increases from 20° to 27° with a maximal lift coefficient increment of 11.24%. The flow separation can be suppressed when the discharge voltage is larger than the threshold value, and the optimum operation frequency for the NDPAA is the one which makes the Strouhal number equal one. The NDPAA is more effective than the millisecond discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation(MDPAA) in boundary layer flow control. The main mechanism for nanosecond discharge is shock effect. Shock effect is more effective in flow control than momentum effect in high speed flow control.