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Title: The electrical characteristics of the dielectric barrier discharges

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4954300· OSTI ID:22600159
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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science and Humanitarian Studies at Alkharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 83, Alkharj 11942 (Saudi Arabia)

The electrical characteristics of the dielectric barrier discharges have been studied in this paper under different operating conditions. The dielectric barrier discharges were formed inside two reactors composed of electrodes in the shape of two parallel plates. The dielectric layers inside these reactors were pasted on the surface of one electrode only in the first reactor and on the surfaces of the two electrodes in the second reactor. The reactor under study has been fed by atmospheric air that flowed inside it with a constant rate at the normal temperature and pressure, in parallel with applying a sinusoidal ac voltage between the electrodes of the reactor. The amount of the electric charge that flows from the reactors to the external circuit has been studied experimentally versus the ac peak voltage applied to them. An analytical model has been obtained for calculating the electrical characteristics of the dielectric barrier discharges that were formed inside the reactors during a complete cycle of the ac voltage. The results that were calculated by using this model have agreed well with the experimental results under the different operating conditions.

OSTI ID:
22600159
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English