Effect of pulse rise time on the glow discharge in nonuniform electric field

  • Q. G. Zhang
  • , F. B. Tao
  • , Z. Li
  • , W. D. Ding
  • , A. C. Qiu

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Abstract

Nanosecond single pulses with varying rise times and a fixed pulsewidth of 200 ns were used to generate pulsed glow discharges in the line-plane gap with air pressure in the range of 5.2-20 kPa. With the increase of gas pressure or pulse rise time, the pulsed glow discharge appears the transition from the diffuse mode to the discrete mode. Images presented here show that a large-volume diffuse pulsed glow discharge requires fast rising of the applied pulses; the higher the air pressure is, the faster the required rising rate is.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1008-1009
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume36
Issue number4 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2008

Keywords

  • Anodes
  • Discharges
  • Electric fields
  • Electrodes
  • Fault diagnosis
  • Fault location
  • Glow discharges
  • Intershielding effect
  • Pulse rise time
  • Pulsed discharge

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