Point-to-Point Corona Discharge in Admixtures of Argon, Oxygen, and Acetylene

Multipoint-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-plane electrode geometries have been investigated to enhance corona discharge modes in atmospheric pressure weakly ionized plasma. This paper presents a new geometry approach by a protrusion array over the grounded screen along with a high-voltage (HV) needle array to obtain higher coulombic discharge. It has been observed that needle-to-grounded-screen-protrusion configuration enhances the discharge modes, especially the back corona is enhanced significantly near the protrusions in Ar/C₂H₂ plasma. A corona mode map has been developed to depict the optimal discharge zones at various HV gaps. Similar investigations were performed in Ar/O₂ plasma to study the nature of the current pulses and discharge modes.