大气压下重复频率纳秒脉冲气体放电中X射线的辐射特性(英文)

Pulsed discharges can generate high power densities and high equivalent electric fields in plasma to emit X-rays,which is closely related to discharge mechanism.In this paper,discharge characteristics and X-ray emission of typical nanosecond-pulse discharges(corona,diffuse,spark or arc)are reviewed.Especially,the diffuse discharges are observed at pulse repetition frequencies up to 1 kHz.Factors influencing the discharge characteristics and X-ray emission are analyzed,such as the gap spacing,parameters of the applied pulse(amplitude,pulse repetition frequency),anode and cathode materials,and curvature radius of cathode.It is concluded that the maximum X-ray intensity is obtained in a diffuse discharge,and the X-ray intensity is affected by the pulse repetition frequency,applied voltage,anode material,and curvature radius of cathode.For example,X-ray intensity increases with the pulse repetition frequency and the atomic numbers of the anode material,but it decrease with the increase of curvature radius.It is also shown that the cathode material has no obvious influence on the X-ray intensity.     

基于Tesla变压器的紧凑型重频纳秒脉冲源研制(英文)

A compact high-voltage repetitive nanosecond pulse generator(HRNPG)was developed for studying the technology of repetitive nanosecond pulse technology and its related application.The HRNPG mainly consists of a repetitive charging module,a Tesla transformer and a sharpening switch.With its voltage lower than 1 kV,the primary repetitive charging circuit comprises two fast thyristors as its low-voltage switches.The spiral Tesla transformer acts as the main step-up component,and its peak transformation ratio is designed to be more than 100.A self-breakdown spark switch,i.e.the sharpening switch,is used to sharpen the output of the transformer and to generate nanosecond pulses.The HRNPG prototype is capable of generating pulses of 100 kV in peak with rise time 30 ns and the maximum repetition rate of 500 Hz on a 6 k load.Experimental results show,without any magnetic core,the developed Tesla transformer prototype can easily output high voltage while keeping itself small in size and light in weight,which is of significance for the compactness and portability of the pulse generator.The N2-insulated spark switch operated well at voltage close to 100 kV and the repetition rate within several hundreds of hertz.     

局部放电射频信号与其视在放电量的关联分析(英文)

Radio frequency(RF) measurement has become a hot issue for partial discharge detection.However,its application is hampered by the difficulty to establish a relationship between the RF measurements data and apparent discharge quantity.In this paper,on the basis of an experimental model of metal protrusion,the relationship between the results of RF measurement and pulse current method(IEC 60270) was investigated.The energy,double integration,peak voltage,peak-peak voltage and the area of RF signals were plotted versus either the apparent discharge quantity or the square of the apparent discharge quantity in order to evaluate the optimal regression curve.At the same time,the impact of voltage and the distance between protrusion and plate were also investigated.The results indicate that the optimal match to a linear regression curve can be gained by plotting the RF signal energy versus the square of the apparent discharge quantity.The variation of voltage has no significant impact on the regression curve;that is,data from different voltages match one line.However,when the distance between protrusion and plate is changed,the slope of the regression curve changes accordingly;the same energy corresponds to a bigger discharge quantity.The results are significant enough to be applied in the estimation of the discharge quantity by measuring RF partial discharge signals.     

针水电极电晕放电中的离子风风压分布(英文)

The negative DC corona discharge in air at atmospheric pressure was investigated in a needle-to-water system to obtain the pressure distribution of corona ionic wind.The deformation of water surface was measured and the distribution of wind pressure over the water surface was calculated.The effects of varying discharge parameters,such as applied voltage,gap spacing,tip radius of needle,and the shape of grounded electrode,on the wind pressure were studied.The measured wind pressure ranges from several Pa to several tens of Pa and up to 33 Pa over a small area;the pressure is comparatively large in the center and decreases quickly outwards.In the experiment system,a higher voltage on a 3 mm gap resulted in a stronger pressure of the ionic wind;around the onset voltage,using a needle with tip radius of 50μm obtained a larger wind pressure than using a needle with 100μm tip radius,but the latter one can produce larger pressure at higher voltages.Plus,the shape of the grounded electrode only influences the wind pressure a little.     

逃逸电子放电应用的“PROTEUS”高压纳秒脉冲发生器（英文）

Many applications of gas discharge with runaway electrons(DRE) require high-voltage pulse generators(HVPG) with very high increasing rate of output voltage(up to 100 kV/ns),long operation life and low cost.Such HVPGs have to be controlled by external computer for working in combination with other modern equipment.In this paper,some HVPGs development for DRE application in industry and medicine are described.The functional structure and operation principles are discussed for the HVPG of PROTEUS’ line.It is shown that on different loads,the PROTEUS generators can produce high-voltage nanosecond pulse with energy up to 1 J,output voltage amplitude from zero to 150 kV,and pulse repetition frequency from zero to 2 000 Hz.Four models of the PROTEUS generators are described.The output voltage leading front duration is 150 ns for the PROTEUS-I model,10~20 ns for the PROTEUS-II,2 ns for the PROTEUS-III and 0.5 ns for the PROTEUS-IV.DRE parameters obtained by using PROTEUS HVPGs are demonstrated.Some results of DRE application in solid-state surface modification of natural textile and polymer films are shown as well.     

大气压下高压亚微秒脉冲激励产生的介质阻挡放电的实验分析(英文)

An experimental device is used to study the characteristics of dielectric barrier discharge(DBD)plasma excited by high voltage sub-microsecond pulse power in atmospheric air.Glass,polytetrafluoroethene(PTFE)and plexiglass are used as dielectric barrier materials.Comparatively homogeneous discharge is obtained within 130 mm diameter area in atmospheric air using the three dielectric materials with gap distances of 4.5 mm,6.5 mm and 6.5 mm,respectively.There is no filamentary discharge observed by naked eyes or by camera with the exposure time of 0.25 s.Gas gap voltage,discharge current,discharge power density,etc.are calculated by using Liu’s equivalent circuit model for pulsed DBD.These parameters are used to study the DBD characteristics.Typically,current varies from tens of amperes to hundreds of amperes in atmospheric air DBD excited by sub-microsecond pulses.The peak power can reach to MW order of magnitude.The average power surface density of 1.0 W/cm2and the average electron density of 1011cm 3can also be obtained in the discharge.Rotational and vibrational temperatures,approximately 400 K and 2 650 K,respectively,are obtained by using the emission spectrum of the discharge.This is the basic work performed for a better understanding of the characteristics of atmospheric air DBD plasma excited by high voltage sub-microsecond pulsed power source.     

大气压下柱型微空心阴极放电(英文)

The mechanism of micro-hollow cathode discharge at atmospheric pressure is investigated through simulations using two-dimensional fluid model combined with a transport model for metastable atoms.In the simulations,electric potential,electric field,particle density,and mean electron energy of the discharge are calculated.The results show that the two characteristic regions of the discharge,i.e.cathode drop and negative glow can be distinguished in the simulation.The cathode drop is characterized by strong electric field and high mean electron energy,while quasi-neutral plasma of high density and exists in the negative glow.The peak value of electron density can reach the order of 1017cm-3.The electron temperature varies from several eV to tens of eV.The influence of cathode dimension on the discharge characteristics is also investigated.     

基于磁压缩系统的纳秒脉冲发生器(英文)

Magnetic pulse compression(MPC)system has been widely-used for over a few decades as a technique for producing short-duration,high-peak-power pulses reliably.A novel MPC system which does not contain external demagnetization circuits,has broadened the application of MPC systems.Improvements for novel MPC systems are presented.To meet the required voltage and compression gain and on considering of the overall system efficiency,two kinds of most popular MPC systems based on the improved MPC topology are designed,which are 2-stage MPC system and 3-stage MPC system,respectively.Based on the improved MPC topology,several kinds of compact pulse generators are built in pulsed power and supply technology laboratory of Institute of Electrical Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences.These generators illustrate that the improved MPC topology,together with solid state switches provides an ideal way to generate pulses of around 100 nano-seconds in width,with mid and high voltage of 10 kV to 100 kV,and a high repetition frequency of about 30 kHz.     

氩气与氨气混合下的大气压介质阻挡放电(英文)

In this paper,the influence of ammonia admixture on argon discharge properties is investigated.Electrical measurements,as well as ten-nanoseconds-exposure photographs taken by an intensified charge-coupled device(ICCD)camera,are employed to confirm the existence of atmospheric pressure glow discharge(APGD)in Ar/NH3mixture.The breakdown voltage and transition voltage between APGD and filamentary discharge are studied at various ammonia concentrations.The results show that a small amount of NH3can lead to APGD due to the Penning ionization of NH3molecules by metastable argon,and the breakdown voltage increases with the growth in NH3concentrations owing to the electronegative feature of NH3.The optical emission spectrum of Ar/NH3APGD is analyzed.Besides,gas temperature is estimated at 327 K by the diagnoses of the OH(A-X)(0,0)band of the spectrum.     

行星大气环境中的放电:综述及模拟实验(英文)

Beyond Earth,electrical discharges have also been observed,or postulated to exist,on other bodies of the Solar System.In this work the state of the art of research on electrical discharges in the atmosphere of several planets and one moon is reported.The main charging mechanisms as well as the discharge characteristics and its effect on the atmosphere are discussed.Some of the current research activities being carried out by the author’s team are also reported.The lab simulations can achieve realistic plasma parameters;for example:the arc temperature in the lab was found to be 33 000 K which compares favourably with field observations reporting temperatures～30 000K.The lab work with a synthetic Mars atmosphere allow us to predict that the conjunction of electrostatic discharges and the presence of water ice could lead to the production of methane with an efficiency of up to 1021molecules per joule of applied energy.     

不均匀电场下加压气体中弥散放电和火花放电的形成(英文)

Diffuse and spark discharges are formed and studied during breakdowns with nonuniform electric field in nitrogen,air,and argon at elevated pressures and pulse repetition frequency of 400 Hz.Negative-polarity voltage pulses of the amplitude 20 kV,width at the base of 15 ns and rise time of 2 ns are applied to the electrode with a small radius of curvature.In the conditions of generation of runaway electron beams and X-rays,a CCD camera records the time of the diffuse discharge formation and its duration prior to its transition to a spark one.In all three gases,the diffuse discharge is formed during the time not exceeding 1 ns,when the bright spots appear on cathode in argon and air resulting in the beginning of the spark channel propagation.     

大气压氦气介质阻挡放电中交流驱动电压频率对击穿电压的影响(英文)

For dielectric barrier discharge(DBD)driven by AC voltage in helium at atmospheric,the relationship between the breakdown voltage and the driving frequency is experimentally investigated using a pair of parallel electrodes.The gap between the electrodes is 1 mm,4 mm,7 mm,and 10 mm,respectively.Meanwhile with an increment of 2 kHz,the applied AC voltage varies from 12 kHz to 30 kHz.In each experiment,the driving voltage increases slowly,till the helium-filled gap breaks down.Based on a number of experimental results and further analyses,conclusions are obtained as follows.(1)For a small gap(1 mm),the voltage that triggers the first breakdown(Uf)is close to the one that sustains steady breakdowns(Us).However,in the larger gaps(4,7,and 10 mm),Uf is obviously larger than Us.(2)For a fixed gap,Uf does not change significantly with the driving frequency,whereas in the gaps except the 1 mm one,Us drastically decreases with the increase of driving frequency.(3)The motion of residual space charges and the dissipation of positive column,two reasonable factors that explains asymmetrical discharges,are also main reasons for the effect of the driving frequency on the breakdown voltages.     

交直流复合电压油纸绝缘的沿面局部放电特性(英文)

The valve side windings of converter transformers bear AC, DC, impulse, and reversal-polarity voltages during operation, which could result in serious insulation problems of the equipment. By performing experiments with surface discharge model of oil-paper insula- tion at 80 ℃ under combined AC-DC voltage for 200 h, we studied the spectrums and statistical parameters of partial discharges at different discharge stages. Furthermore, some fingerprint parameters were calculated in order to estimate the development situation of par- tial discharge, while the characteristic gases dissolved in the transformer oil were measured by gas chromatography. The surface discharges in the experiments were observed using a high speed camera, and a full discharge process could be marked off into four stages as follows. ①The elementary stage. When a partial discharge occurs near electrodes, electrical charges are injected into the region near electrodes and causing bubble generation. ②Due to their high resistivity and low dielectric constant, the bubbles would bare the major part of the voltage applied to samples. Therefore, discharge happens inside the small bubbles, and it emits a lot of light. ③Micromolecules of gas are produced in discharge, and further ionization in the transformer oil takes place simultaneously when high-energy electrons collide with oil molecules. ④The carrier charge moves forward to electrodes driven by the applied electric field, till they neutralize with the charge from electrodes, and hence discharge channels are formed subsequently.     

大气压下气流中小电流放电及其应用(英文)

The paper reviews the results of investigations of the low-current atmospheric-pressure discharges in gas flow.The attention is focused on the discharges in electrode systems of coaxial plasmatron and of so-called gliding arc.It is demonstrated that a considerable fraction of discharge current is carried by a plasma column operating in a regime of normal glow discharge with occasional transitions to spark.The nature of glow-to-spark transition is discussed.Beside the plasma column,a weakly ionized gas fills in the interelectrode gap and forms a plasma jet at the exit of electrode system.The jet contains the active chemical particles that play important role in different discharge applications.The applications in plasma assisted combustion systems,for surface treatment with a usage of plasma jet,and for biology and medicine are considered.     

在共面介质阻挡放电中大气压等离子体射流的特性(英文)

Non-thermal plasma jet at atmospheric pressure has recently attracted lots of attention because of its applications in plasma bullet or plasma plume.Thus,we studied on generating plasma jet by coplanar dielectric barrier discharge in a device driven by sinusoidal voltage.The processes of plasma discharges in both positive and negative half cycles were recorded using a high-speed ICCD(intensified charge-coupled device)camera;based on the results we estimated the velocity of plasma propagation,and investigated the influence of gas flow on the plasma development.It is shown that the plasma bullets,which have velocity in the order of 103～104m/s,exist only outside the cathode.APPJ(atmospheric pressure plasma jet)is created by the electron beam from the cathode,and then sustained by a strong radial electric field near and outside the cathode.The gas flow influences the APPJ length in air but not the APPJ discharge,while the discharge is affected significantly by the applied voltage.     

采用多电极结构的大面积表面介质阻挡放电特性(英文)

Surface gas discharge(SGD)plasmas have potential applications in the fields of active flow control,gas purification,heat transfer enhancement,etc.In order to obtain a uniform,stable and large-area SGD at atmosphere,a multi-electrode SGD plasma generator is designed in this paper.The major features of this newly-designed SGD plasma generator is as follows:the air-exposed upper grounded electrodes are made of nine tungsten wires and flush mounted on the dielectric PTFE barrier layer,while the lower powered electrode is made of a copper foil and encapsulated inside the PTFE material to avoid the ignition of the gas discharges below the dielectric barrier layer.The measurements on the electrical characteristics,fast imaging of discharges and the preliminary numerical analysis on the electric field distributions suggest that the multi-electrode configuration of the plasma generator plays a crucial role in enhancing the local electrical field,and subsequently,leads to the stable,quasi-uniform and large-area surface discharges.     

大气压空气中纳秒脉冲放电时板-网阴极处的快电子测量(英文)

Breakdown of atmospheric pressure air gaps with combined design of the cathode at the voltage pulse rise rate equal to 1014V/s has been studied with picoseconds’temporal resolution.Cathode assembly has a structure consisting of a flat thin foil and a grid of parallel foil thin wires.In the space behind the cathode foil a fast electron flow was recorded.The current value of the fast electron beam recorded behind the cathode is essentially influenced by the anode material.At a grid cathode and flat anode,the spectra of fast electrons generated both in direct(towards the anode)and reverse directions have been reconstructed by the attenuation curves.     

镀TiO2喷嘴-筒状电极下负脉冲放电等离子体降解酸性橙Ⅱ（英文）

Many sub-products of pulsed discharge,such as ultraviolet light,strong electric fields,shock waves and active species,are effective in treating wastewater.To improve the efficiency of the discharge plasma technology in removing pollutants,adding TiO2 photo-catalyst to pulsed discharges could help.A negative-pulsed-discharge system,which has nozzle discharge electrodes with or without TiO2 coating,is used to degrade azo dye Acid Orange Ⅱ,and the effects of several key conditions(maximum pulse voltage,pulse repetition frequency,initial mass concentration of Acid Orange Ⅱ initial solution pH,treatment duration,the phase of discharge,and the existence of TiO2) on the degradation are experimentally investigated.The degradation of Acid Orange Ⅱ increases with maximum pulse voltage,pulse repetition frequency,and treatment duration,and it is larger when putting the discharge electrode on the solution surface than in air or inside the solution,i.e.the discharge in gas phase is more effective than that in gas-liquid phase or liquid phase.The degradation decreases as the initial mass concentration of the solution increases.It also relates to pH and is higher at acidic conditions than at neutral or alkaline conditions.Compared to treatments without TiO2,the ones using the nozzle discharge electrode with TiO2 coated increase the degradation of Acid Orange Ⅱ by 5 %.It is concluded that the proposed system with TiO2 added in can remove Acid Orange Ⅱ from wastewater effectively.     

气压对发电机定子线棒端部电晕放电特性的影响(英文)

According to the mechanism of corona discharge at the end of the generator stator bar,a model of stator bar end corona discharge is presented.In a closed corona cage at low atmospheric pressure,the corona discharge characteristics of the stator bar end model were observed using an ultraviolet imaging instrument and an oscilloscope.The influence of atmospheric pressure on the corona inception voltage and discharge intensity was analyzed.The results show that the corona inception voltage is lower under lower atmospheric pressure;the discharge intensity is stronger under lower atmospheric pressure.The particles swarm-optimized support vector machine was employed to analyze the impacts of air pressure and humidity on the corona inception voltage.Error between the calculated value of the established model and the experimental value is less than 5%.The established model can be used to calculate the corona inception voltage of the stator bar end model.     

两相体中正脉冲放电分枝的现象和机理(英文)

Discharge branching is a general phenomenon in atmospheric-pressure air,dense gases,and two-phase mixtures(TPMs).In this work,an ultraviolet imaging device is utilized to investigate the branching of positive pulsed discharges in TPMs.Comparison among the captured images indicates that the branching is caused by the voltages and the macropartilces in the discharge channels combining together.The interaction of macroparticles with ions,electrons or photons is one reason for the branching behavior of pulsed discharges.The generation of electrons at the discharge front closely relates to the work function of dielectric macroparticles,which is a key parameter influencing the electron-emission ability of macroparticle surfaces.The electric field alteration under various applied voltage in TPMs,which is calculated by a two-dimension finite element method,is the other reason for the guiding effect of macroparticles on the streamers compared with in the air.