TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling of a streamer plasma reactor energized by a capacitive energy pulse modulator
AU - Wolf, M.
AU - Yankelevich, Y.
AU - Pokryvailo, A.
AU - Baksht, R. B.
AU - Singer, S.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a semi-empirical model for a wirewire corona reactor driven by a capacitive storage solid state pulse generator. The reactor electrode system is configured as a checker mesh of potential and grounded threaded electrodes, and the pulse generator is based on a modern magnetic compression topology. Both the corona reactor and the nanosecond pulse power supply designs were described in detail earlier [1], [2]. This presentation considers the effect of the geometrical parameters of the reactor (the total length of the high-voltage electrode surrounded by its grounded counterparts and the gap between high-voltage and the grounded electrodes) on the operation of the atmospheric pressure streamer plasma system. The model analyzes the discharge processes in the reactor by distinguishing between four phases, each being represented by an equivalent circuit: before streamer generation, during primary streamer propagation, after primary streamers have crossed the interelectrode gaps, and after the plasma conductivity quenching. Such an approach has been validated in previous work [3]. The new reactor model is realized on the PSpice platform, and simulations are done using an improved pulse modulator model [4]. The simulation results are compared with experimental data, showing the model validity.
AB - This paper presents a semi-empirical model for a wirewire corona reactor driven by a capacitive storage solid state pulse generator. The reactor electrode system is configured as a checker mesh of potential and grounded threaded electrodes, and the pulse generator is based on a modern magnetic compression topology. Both the corona reactor and the nanosecond pulse power supply designs were described in detail earlier [1], [2]. This presentation considers the effect of the geometrical parameters of the reactor (the total length of the high-voltage electrode surrounded by its grounded counterparts and the gap between high-voltage and the grounded electrodes) on the operation of the atmospheric pressure streamer plasma system. The model analyzes the discharge processes in the reactor by distinguishing between four phases, each being represented by an equivalent circuit: before streamer generation, during primary streamer propagation, after primary streamers have crossed the interelectrode gaps, and after the plasma conductivity quenching. Such an approach has been validated in previous work [3]. The new reactor model is realized on the PSpice platform, and simulations are done using an improved pulse modulator model [4]. The simulation results are compared with experimental data, showing the model validity.
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U2 - 10.1109/PPC.2009.5386401
DO - 10.1109/PPC.2009.5386401
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AN - SCOPUS:77950016951
SN - 9781424440658
T3 - PPC2009 - 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
SP - 1329
EP - 1334
BT - PPC2009 - 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
T2 - 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC2009
Y2 - 28 June 2009 through 2 July 2009
ER -