Calculation of the electrical power dissipated in silent discharge reactors
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516 (Egypt)
This paper is aimed to investigating how the electrical power consumed in generating silent discharges is influenced by the width of the annular discharge gap in the reactor. The silent discharges have been generated in conventional tubular reactors forming annular discharge gaps of 1x10{sup -3}-, 2x10{sup -3}-, and 3x10{sup -3}-m width, with one dielectric barrier pasting on the ground electrodes of the reactors. The reactors were fed by dry air flowing with a constant rate at atmospheric pressure and room temperature, and stressed by an ac voltage. The discharge power consumed in generating silent discharges has been measured as a function of the voltage applied to the reactors up to a V{sub p} of 20 000 V, and calculated by Manley's equation under the same discharge conditions. The experimental and calculated results have shown that when the reactor has a discharge gap of 1x10{sup -3}- or 2x10{sup -3}-m width, Manley's equation agrees only with the experimental results in range of the voltage of V{sub 0}{<=}V{sub p}{<=}V{sub c}. In the higher range of the applied voltage of V{sub c}{<=}V{sub p}{<=}20 000 V, Manley's equation has been modified to fit the experimental results. With the reactor that has a discharge gap of 3x10{sup -3}-m width, Manley's equation agrees with the experimental results over the whole range of the voltage applied to the reactor. The results have been explained by recorded oscillograms showing the wave form of the ac voltage applied to the reactors and the corresponding discharge current.
- OSTI ID:
- 20714048
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 98, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2009819; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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