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ABSTRACT: In this paper a three-species two-dimensional model is used for the simulation of the Trichel pulse regime of corona discharge in air for a point-plane configuration. Effects of different parameters of the model on Trichel pulse characteristics (Trichel pulse period and the average corona current) are studied. The parameters of interest are external resistance of the circuit, secondary electron emission coefficient and negative and positive ion mobilities. Moreover, the numerical simulation was performed for the configuration used in the experimental analysis reported in the literature and the results proved to be very compatible.
Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 03/2011; 44(15):155502. · 2.54 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In this paper a new two-dimensional model is presented for numerical simulation of Trichel pulses in a point-plane configuration. Both radial and axial components of the electric field are considered and it is assumed that three ionic species exist in the air gap: electrons, and positive and negative oxygen ions. The Poisson equation is solved for electric field calculations and three continuity equations are solved for modeling the transport of charge densities in the air gap. The finite element method (FEM) is used for solving the Poisson equation and a combined Flux Corrected Transport-FEM is used for the charge transport equations. Trichel pulses for different applied voltages are shown and the characteristics of these pulses at different voltages are compared with experimental results reported in the literature. The time variation of the electric field on the corona electrode at different stages of one Trichel pulse is also presented. Moreover, the distributions of electron, positive ion and negative ion densities at different stages of the Trichel pulse are discussed.
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), 2010 IEEE; 11/2010
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ABSTRACT: In this paper, a numerical algorithm for the simulation of the dynamic corona discharge in air is proposed assuming single-species charge carriers. The simulation results show the behavior of corona current and space-charge density under two waveforms of the applied voltage: step and pulse. The electric field is calculated by means of the finite-element method, and the flux-corrected transport technique is utilized for the space-charge-density calculations.
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 11/2010; · 1.66 Impact Factor
