Issue Eur. Phys. J. AP Volume 15, Number 2, August 2001 Page(s) 123 - 133 Section Plasmas, Discharges and Processes DOI 10.1051/epjap:2001173

DOI: 10.1051/epjap:2001173

Eur. Phys. J. AP 15, 123-133 (2001)

Model of the homogeneous electrical discharge

S. Vongphouthone, H. Piquet and H. Foch

Laboratoire d'Électrotechnique et d'Électronique Industrielle, Unité Mixte de Recherche INPT-ENSEIHT/CNRS, BP 7122, 2 rue Camichel, 31071 Toulouse Cedex 7, France

piquet@leei.enseeiht.fr

(Received: 20 December 2000 / Revised and Accepted: 18 May 2001 )

Abstract
This paper is aimed at the modelling of an electrical discharge controlled by mean of a dielectric barrier, at atmospheric pressure; we focus our study on the homogeneous "regime" . This model is based on the use of equivalent electrical circuits and is taking into account the main phenomena of the discharge. We also offer a method for the determination of the parameters of the model; the comparison of the experimental waveforms with the simulated ones is validating the accuracy of the proposed model in the case of discharges in nitrogen or helium. Our model is exploited to point out the drastic importance of the electrical characteristics of the power supply with respect to the main waveforms of the discharge. (including computer-aided circuit design and analysis)

PACS
52.80.Hc - Glow; corona.
84.30.Jc - Power electronics; power supply circuits.
84.30.Bv - Circuit theory.


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