Pulse Repetition Frequency Effect on Nanosecond-Pulse Diffuse Discharge in Atmospheric-Pressure Air With a Point-to-Plane Gap

Author

Zhang, Cheng ; Shao, Tao ; Niu, Zheng ; Li, Chunxia ; Wang, Ganping ; Tan, Jie ; Yan, Ping

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Eng., Beijing, China

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2070

Lastpage

2071

Abstract

Diffuse discharge excited by nanosecond-pulse discharge in atmospheric air has a promising application. Unipolar repetitive pulses with 25-ns rise time and 40-ns duration are used to produce the diffuse discharge in a point-to-plane gap in atmospheric air. The effect of pulse repetition frequency (PRF) on the discharge is investigated under two gap spacings. The discharge images show that both the PRF and air gap spacing are responsible for the diffuse discharge mode and the transition to a filamentary discharge.

Keywords

air; corona; plasma transport processes; Unipolar repetitive pulse; air gap spacing; atmospheric-pressure air; filamentary discharge; nanosecond-pulse diffuse discharge; point-to-plane gap; pulse repetition frequency effect; time 25 ns; time 40 ns; Discharges; Fault location; Generators; Plasmas; Sun; Atmospheric-pressure air; diffuse discharge; filamentary discharge; gap spacing; gas discharge; nanosecond pulse; point-to-plane gap; pulse repetition frequency (PRF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2119331

Filename

5729836