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Experimental and theoretical study of breakdown mechanisms in a gas in an uniform electric field

Abstract

The theoretical study of breakdown mechanisms in a gas with an applied electric field has been made on the basis of a deterministic model built on continuity equations governing the evolution of electronic and ionic densities. With this purpose, the breakdown formation has been simulated in electronegative gases (air, oxygen) taking into account the space charge effects on initial applied electric field, the electronic emission on the cathode by photonic or ionic impact, the delayed electrons processes (attachment, detachment) and charge exchange processes. Without space charge, the influence of photoionization in the gas on the electronic and ionic population has been pointed out in a discharge in nitrogen. Then the problem of external electrode discharges has been approached for the study of plasma visualization pannel cells, and the fundamental role of the charges deposed on dielectrics has been manifested. In the experimental study, the discharge formation has been analysed in rare gases and nitrogen for high over voltages (more than 100%) and for pressures of about hundred torrs. Using high-speed cinematographic techniques, the discharge propagation has been studied with a one nanosecond time resolution. The ultra-fast propagation zone of anode-directed streamer has been linked with the intervention of distance ionization  More>>
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1975
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
FRNC-TH-595
Reference Number:
AIX-07-246503; EDB-77-021340
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; GASES; BREAKDOWN; AIR; CHARGE EXCHANGE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRON DETACHMENT; ELECTRON EMISSION; ION DENSITY; IONIZED GASES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOIONIZATION; RARE GASES; SPACE CHARGE; ULTRAHIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; CRYOGENIC FLUIDS; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; FLUIDS; IONIZATION; NONMETALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; 640420* - Fluid Physics- Properties & Structure of Fluids- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
7342407
Research Organizations:
Toulouse-3 Univ., 31 (France)
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
French
Availability:
INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 112
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Bayle, P. Experimental and theoretical study of breakdown mechanisms in a gas in an uniform electric field. France: N. p., 1975. Web.
Bayle, P. Experimental and theoretical study of breakdown mechanisms in a gas in an uniform electric field. France.
Bayle, P. 1975. "Experimental and theoretical study of breakdown mechanisms in a gas in an uniform electric field." France.
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abstractNote = {The theoretical study of breakdown mechanisms in a gas with an applied electric field has been made on the basis of a deterministic model built on continuity equations governing the evolution of electronic and ionic densities. With this purpose, the breakdown formation has been simulated in electronegative gases (air, oxygen) taking into account the space charge effects on initial applied electric field, the electronic emission on the cathode by photonic or ionic impact, the delayed electrons processes (attachment, detachment) and charge exchange processes. Without space charge, the influence of photoionization in the gas on the electronic and ionic population has been pointed out in a discharge in nitrogen. Then the problem of external electrode discharges has been approached for the study of plasma visualization pannel cells, and the fundamental role of the charges deposed on dielectrics has been manifested. In the experimental study, the discharge formation has been analysed in rare gases and nitrogen for high over voltages (more than 100%) and for pressures of about hundred torrs. Using high-speed cinematographic techniques, the discharge propagation has been studied with a one nanosecond time resolution. The ultra-fast propagation zone of anode-directed streamer has been linked with the intervention of distance ionization process. The arrival of the streamers on the anode induces the beginning of an ionization front propagating towards the cathode.}
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