Two-dimensional numerical simulation of streamers using a particle-in-cell method

Author

Soria, C. ; Pontiga, F. ; Castellanos, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron. y Electromagn., Facultad de Fisica, Sevilla, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

539

Abstract

A 2-D particle-in-cell method has been implemented and applied to the numerical simulation of streamer initiation and propagation in atmospheric pressure nitrogen. The streamer is triggered by introducing a relatively high density plasma at the midpoint between two parallel electrodes. Immediately, a cathode and an anode-directed streamer develop. The evolution of the electron and ion densities is described by means of fully 2-D transport equations (3-D with cylindrical geometry) coupled with Poisson´s equation

Keywords

Poisson equation; discharges (electric); electron density; ion density; nitrogen; N₂; Poisson equation; atmospheric pressure nitrogen; electron density; high density plasma; ion density; parallel electrodes; particle-in-cell method; streamer propagation; transport equation; two-dimensional numerical simulation; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Cathodes; Electrodes; Electrons; Nitrogen; Numerical simulation; Plasma density; Plasma simulation; Plasma transport processes; Poisson equations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2000 Annual Report Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6413-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2000.884017

Filename

884017