The structure of streamer coronas

Summary form only given. Multidimensional streamer models have been developed that can be applied to arbitrarily shaped electrode structures. The models of plane-parallel and point-to-plane electrode systems have generated the first multidimensional fully resolved streamers which form self-consistent radial structure. These codes have been used to study some of the issues related to finding the optimum working conditions for streamer corona reactors. Results show that the radial components of the electron flow and the space charge field are very important in providing an accurate picture of the streamer morphology.