Experimental study of atmospheric pressure single-pulse nanosecond discharge in pin-to-pin configuration

Wang, Xingxing; Patel, Adam; Bane, Sally; Shashurin, Alexey

doi:10.1063/5.0060252

Experimental study of atmospheric pressure single-pulse nanosecond discharge in pin-to-pin configuration

Journal Article · Mon Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0060252· OSTI ID:1830008

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Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

We present an experimental study of nanosecond high-voltage discharges in a pin-to-pin electrode configuration at atmospheric conditions operating in single-pulse mode (no memory effects). Discharge parameters were measured using microwave Rayleigh scattering, laser Rayleigh scattering, optical emission spectroscopy enhanced with a nanosecond probing pulse, and fast photography. Spark and corona discharge regimes were studied for electrode gap sizes 2-10 mm and discharge pulse duration of 90 ns. The spark regime was observed for gaps < 6 mm using discharge pulse energies of 0.6-1 mJ per mm of the gap length. Higher electron number densities, total electron number per gap length, discharge currents, and gas temperatures were observed for smaller electrode gaps and larger pulse energies, reaching maximal values of about 7.5 x 10¹⁵ cm^-3, 3.5 x 10¹¹ electrons per mm, 22 A, and 4,000 K (at 10 microseconds after the discharge), respectively, for a 2 mm gap and 1 mJ/mm discharge pulse energy. Initial breakdown was followed by a secondary breakdown occurring about 30-70 ns later and was associated with ignition of a cathode spot and transition to cathodic arc. Here, a majority of the discharge pulse energy was deposited into the gas before the secondary breakdown (85-89%). The electron number density after the ns-discharge pulse decayed with a characteristic time scale of 150 ns governed by dissociative recombination and electron attachment to oxygen mechanisms. For the corona regime, substantially lower pulse energies (~0.1 mJ/mm), peak conduction current (1-2 A), and electron numbers (3-5 x 10¹⁰ electrons per mm), and gas temperatures (360 K) were observed.

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Research Organization:: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018156

OSTI ID:: 1830008

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 130; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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