Numerical Study of Negative Corona Discharge Characteristics at Different Electrode Gap Spacing

Atmospheric pressure needle-to-plane negative corona discharges have been studied considering the effect of photoionization in electrode gap spacing from 2.9 to 3.9 mm. Trichel pulses, spatial distributions of electron density and electric field, pulse duration time, and pulse frequency under differ...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2020-08, Vol.48 (8), p.1-6
Main Authors: Feng, Qi-Kun, Zhong, Shao-Long, Zheng, Ming-Sheng, Dang, Zhi-Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric pressure
Charged particles
Computer simulation
Corona
Discharges (electric)
Electric corona
Electric fields
Electrodes
Electron density
Fault diagnosis
Gap spacing
Ionization
Mathematical model
negative corona discharge
Photoionization
Pulse duration
Spatial distribution
Trichel pulses
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Summary:Atmospheric pressure needle-to-plane negative corona discharges have been studied considering the effect of photoionization in electrode gap spacing from 2.9 to 3.9 mm. Trichel pulses, spatial distributions of electron density and electric field, pulse duration time, and pulse frequency under different gap spacing were investigated in this work. It is found that peak value and duration time of the first Trichel pulse decrease with the increase of gap spacing. The movement of charged particles is faster in narrow gap spacing, which leads to higher pulse frequency. Moreover, the effect of photoionization on negative corona discharge under different gap spacing is also studied by numerical simulation. It is found that electric field, as well as electron density, is weakened due to the effect of photoionization. Besides, the magnitude of Trichel pulses, duration time of the first pulse, and pulse frequency are relatively small when taking the effect of photoionization into consideration. These results are of great importance to fully understand the mechanism of negative corona discharge under different conditions.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2020.3009689