Spark Channel Dynamics of Electrostatic Discharges (Rev. 1) [Slides]
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
To model spark discharges, this work implemented, verified, and validated: 1-D radial conservative Lagrangian hydrodynamic scheme (with heat conduction); Eddington/P1 radiative transfer approximation, time-implicit scheme; RLC circuit solver, time-implicit scheme (adaptable to other circuit types). Novel analytics EOS fit for air up to temperatures of ~150,000 K. Novel "seed" electron concept to initialize finite conductivity in spark without pre-heating the air in the channel, as typically used in spark modeling literature. Reasonable, if conservative (from an engineering viewpoint), agreement with experimental data for indirect (circuit) and direct (interferometry) measurements of spark. Many potential avenues of future work: Two-temperature dryodynamics (requires two-temperature EOS development); 2-D axisymmetric geometry for axial (z) variation, modeling delectric electrodes; Kinetic equations for time-dependent charged species populations.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1990087
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--23-26372
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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