Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring
Atmospheric dielectric barrier discharges driven by tailored voltage waveforms are investigated numerically with a one-dimensional fluid model. We use the multi-frequency pulse-type voltage waveform as the control method and the harmonics N as the control parameter to control the number of discharge...
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| description | Atmospheric dielectric barrier discharges driven by tailored voltage waveforms are investigated numerically with a one-dimensional fluid model. We use the multi-frequency pulse-type voltage waveform as the control method and the harmonics N as the control parameter to control the number of discharge current pulses. The simulation results show that as N increases from 1 to 11, the number of discharge current pulses in each voltage half cycle (Np) decreases from 5 to 1, representing the transition from the multiple-current-pulse mode to the single-current-pulse (SCP) mode. In this process, both the current amplitude (Jpm) and the gap voltage of the first breakdown moment (Vgb) increase, and the efficiency of the plasma system can be improved by 5.6 times without reducing densities of reactive species. Further analysis reveals that the increase of Jpm is attributed to the variation in discharge current components, and the value of Vgb can be related to Np and the surface charge densities. Finally, an analytical method is proposed to estimate the minimum N to achieve the targeted SCP discharge. The results obtained in this work may contribute to the manipulation of power consumption and discharge stability in industrial applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d00e2733d07477f948377f4ccd4c0852022-12-21T22:25:49ZengAIP Publishing LLCAIP Advances2158-32262021-01-01111015203015203-1010.1063/5.0033571Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoringZeen Huang0Yuhui Zhang1Dong Dai2Qiao Wang3School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, ChinaDepartment of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USASchool of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, ChinaSchool of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, ChinaAtmospheric dielectric barrier discharges driven by tailored voltage waveforms are investigated numerically with a one-dimensional fluid model. We use the multi-frequency pulse-type voltage waveform as the control method and the harmonics N as the control parameter to control the number of discharge current pulses. The simulation results show that as N increases from 1 to 11, the number of discharge current pulses in each voltage half cycle (Np) decreases from 5 to 1, representing the transition from the multiple-current-pulse mode to the single-current-pulse (SCP) mode. In this process, both the current amplitude (Jpm) and the gap voltage of the first breakdown moment (Vgb) increase, and the efficiency of the plasma system can be improved by 5.6 times without reducing densities of reactive species. Further analysis reveals that the increase of Jpm is attributed to the variation in discharge current components, and the value of Vgb can be related to Np and the surface charge densities. Finally, an analytical method is proposed to estimate the minimum N to achieve the targeted SCP discharge. The results obtained in this work may contribute to the manipulation of power consumption and discharge stability in industrial applications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0033571 |
| spellingShingle | Zeen Huang Yuhui Zhang Dong Dai Qiao Wang Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring AIP Advances |
| title | Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring |
| title_full | Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring |
| title_fullStr | Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring |
| title_short | Controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring |
| title_sort | controlling the number of discharge current pulses in an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge by voltage waveform tailoring |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0033571 |
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