Measurements of electric current through a liquid-air interface in corona discharge

Author

Vega, F. ; Pérez, A.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron. y Electromagn., Seville Univ., Spain

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

818

Abstract

Corona discharge from a point provides an ion source and can induce electrohydrodynamic (EHD) instabilities on layers of dielectric liquids. A first instability is associated with the classical EHD instability of a layer of insulating liquid subjected to unipolar injection. A second instability, referred to as rose-window, is characterized by larger cells and appears also in ohmic liquids. The electric current through the liquid is an important variable in the study of the instabilities that appear on the layer. We have measured the electric current for different liquids, as a function of the thickness of the layer, the height of the point, and the imposed voltage

Keywords

corona; dielectric liquids; electric current measurement; electrical conductivity; electrohydrodynamics; flow instability; interface phenomena; classical EHD instability; corona discharge; dielectric liquid layers; electric current measurement; electrohydrodynamic instabilities; imposed voltage; insulating liquid; ion source; layer thickness; liquid-air interface; ohmic liquids; point height; rose-window instability; unipolar injection; Corona; Current measurement; Dielectric liquids; Dielectric measurements; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Electric variables measurement; Electrohydrodynamics; Fault location; Ion sources; Thickness measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 1999 Annual Report Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5414-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.1999.807930

Filename

807930