Submillimeter dielectric barrier discharges at atmospheric pressure: edge effect

Author

Abolmasov, Sergey N. ; Shirafuji, Tatsuru ; Tachibana, Kunihide

Author_Institution

Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan

Volume

33

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

941

Lastpage

948

Abstract

Dielectric barrier discharges in atmospheric pressure helium, argon, nitrogen, oxygen, and air have been studied. Discharges were generated in short gaps (d≤1 mm) between two quartz plates with conducting coatings on their counter sides to strengthen the edge effect. It was found that a decrease in d leads to the degeneration of a volume barrier discharge into a barrier corona discharge. The role of this phenomenon in the formation of spatio-temporal patterns in short barrier discharges is discussed.

Keywords

air; argon; corona; helium; high-frequency discharges; nitrogen; oxygen; partial discharges; pattern formation; spatiotemporal phenomena; 1 mm; Ar; He; N₂; O₂; air; argon; atmospheric pressure; barrier corona discharge; conducting coatings; edge effect; helium; nitrogen; oxygen; quartz plates; spatiotemporal patterns; submillimeter dielectric barrier discharges; volume barrier discharge; Argon; Coatings; Counting circuits; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Frequency; Helium; Indium tin oxide; Pulsed power supplies; Voltage; Atmospheric pressure; dielectric-barrier discharge; edge effect; pattern formation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2005.845093

Filename

1420647