A computerized visualization of gas-phase EHD flow field for needle-plane electrodes system

Author

Makita, Takeshi ; Ohyama, Ryu-ichiro ; Fukumoto, Masaru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokai Univ., Hiratsuka, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

195

Abstract

For analyzing gas-phase electrohydrodynamical (EHD) phenomena, it is effective to get the characteristics of ionic wind. In this work, a numerical calculation code of the ionic flow field was developed because of insufficiency of the quantitative characterization from experimental measurements. The distribution of electric field and ion density were calculated with the Poisson equation and the electrical current continuity equation to analyze a gas-phase EHD flow field for needle-plane electrodes system by means of the Navier-Stokes equation of fluid flow motion with them. As a result, it became easy to understand the gas-phase EHD phenomena by a computer aided visualization. This paper shows some visualization results of the gas-phase EHD flow field with corona discharge.

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; Poisson equation; corona; electrodes; electrohydrodynamics; flow visualisation; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow; Navier-Stokes equation; Poisson equation; computerized visualization; corona discharge; electrical current continuity equation; electrohydrodynamical phenomena; gas-phase EHD flow field; ionic wind; needle-plane electrodes system; numerical calculation code; Corona; Current density; Electrodes; Fluid flow; Fluid flow measurement; Laplace equations; Navier-Stokes equations; Needles; Poisson equations; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2002 Annual Report Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7502-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2002.1048768

Filename

1048768