A two-dimensional air streamer discharge model based on the improved Helmholtz equation at low temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure

Zhihang ZHAO (赵志航); Xinlao WEI (魏新劳); Shuang SONG (宋爽); Lin CUI (崔林); Longfei ZHANG (张龙飞)

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/ab5b17

Plasma Science and Technology > 2020 > 22(4): 45403-045403. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ab5b17

Zhihang ZHAO (赵志航), Xinlao WEI (魏新劳), Shuang SONG (宋爽), Lin CUI (崔林), Longfei ZHANG (张龙飞). A two-dimensional air streamer discharge model based on the improved Helmholtz equation at low temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2020, 22(4): 45403-045403. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ab5b17

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A two-dimensional air streamer discharge model based on the improved Helmholtz equation at low temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure

¹ Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Application of Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China
² No.703 Research Institute of CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation), Harbin 150078, People's Republic of China
³ Yunnan Electric Test & Research Institute Group Co., Ltd., Kunming 650217, People's Republic of China

Funds: This work is supported by the No.703 Research Institute of CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation) and Yunnan Electric Test&Research Institute Group CO., Ltd.

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Received Date: October 01, 2019
Revised Date: November 11, 2019
Accepted Date: November 24, 2019

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In this paper, an efficient boundary condition is applied to solve the photoionization rate, and a two-dimensional numerical simulation is carried out for the development and propagation of an air streamer at low temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure. The results show that the new boundary condition improves the calculation accuracy, but the influence of photoionization on the streamer discharge process is not obvious. The discharge current in the development of streamer discharge is defined, and the corresponding expression of the positive and negative streamer discharge current is given. The influence of the electric field exceeding the threshold value on the discharge process is preliminarily introduced. In the process of discharge, only the propagation velocity of the streamer is obviously higher than that of normal temperature and pressure, and the trend of the other parameters is basically the same as that described in the previous paper. The above results give us a deeper understanding of the discharge characteristics under low temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure, which has certain significance for the development of aviation and high voltage engineering.
- efficient boundary condition,
- discharge current,
- propagation velocity,
- thresholdvalue,
- low temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure

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