Effect of ozone on the breakdown in air
- Inst. for High Temperatures, Moscow (Russian Federation); and others
Electrical breakdown in air under the influence of electric fields demands the condition that the rate constant of ionization of gas molecules by electron impact exceeds the rate constant of electron attachment to a molecule. Elementary processes in the atmosphere involving ozone which lead to a reduction of the electric strength are considered. The oxygen dissociation by electron impacts leads to the ozone formation in the atmosphere. Ozone causes a decay of negative oxygen ions and thereby influence on the electrical breakdown. The critical reaction is: O{sub 3} + O{sup -} {implies} e + 20{sub 2}. In the presented paper we report the results of investigation on the influence of ozone impurity on the breakdown in air. The original power system to produce ozone consists of a pulse supply and a pulse-forming circuit. Power supply produces a voltage pulse with a rise time t{sub r} = 3-20 ns, half width t{sub h} 25-40 ns, peak voltage Vp = {+-}50 kV (max), and a frequency fp 100 Hz (max).
- OSTI ID:
- 226929
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950749-; TRN: 96:001471-0066
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22. international conference on phenomena in ionized gases, Hoboken, NJ (United States), 31 Jul - 4 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of XXII International conference on phenomena in ionized gases. Contributed papers 1; Becker, K.H.; Carr, W.E.; Kunhardt, E.E. [eds.]; PB: 172 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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