Effects of background pressure on the arc characteristics of gas spark gap

Qinghua HUANG (黄清华); Bo HU (胡波); Wei ZHONG (钟伟); Lei CHEN (陈磊); Yuanjie SHI (石元杰)

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/ab3058

Plasma Science and Technology > 2019 > 21(12): 125401. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ab3058

Qinghua HUANG (黄清华), Bo HU (胡波), Wei ZHONG (钟伟), Lei CHEN (陈磊), Yuanjie SHI (石元杰). Effects of background pressure on the arc characteristics of gas spark gap[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2019, 21(12): 125401. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ab3058

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Effects of background pressure on the arc characteristics of gas spark gap

¹ Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
² Institute of Electronic Engineering, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621999, People's Republic of China

Funds: This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51807184).

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Received Date: April 24, 2019
Revised Date: July 06, 2019
Accepted Date: July 08, 2019

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Gas spark gap is widely used in any pulsed power system as the key element which directly determines its repetitive performance and output characteristics. Among many factors of threeelectrode gas spark gap, background pressure is of much importance in determining the gap performance parameters such as the delay and jitter, and relevant studies have been rarely performed. A magneto-hydrodynamic model of the arc in gas spark gap is built and the effects of background pressure on the arc characteristics are discussed in this paper. It is demonstrated that a higher background pressure may result in radial compression of the arc column, a higher arc voltage, and a lower declination rate of arc resistance in the first quarter cycle. Relevant simulation data would be helpful for the optimization of the design of gas spark gap.
- gas spark gap,
- arc characteristics,
- background pressure,
- magneto-hydrodynamic

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