Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 98, 2023
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Article Number | 57 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Plasma, Discharges and Processes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2023230106 | |
Published online | 11 October 2023 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2023230106
Regular Article
Ionic wind velocity and energy efficiency improvement in needle-net ionic wind generator by electrical field optimization
1
College of Electrical Engineering and Control Science, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P.R. China
2
School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P.R. China
* e-mail: f.liu_1@hotmail.com
Received:
31
May
2023
Received in final form:
5
August
2023
Accepted:
8
August
2023
Published online: 11 October 2023
Ionic wind produced by high voltage discharge has been proved as a promising technique in heat dissipation, food drying, electrostatic precipitation and air propulsion. On the other hand, the low wind velocity and the low energy efficiency of the ionic wind generators limit their performance in practical industrial applications. To improve this, a single needle-net electrode structure ionic wind generator driven by positive DC voltage is constructed and the effects of the applied voltage and electrode structure on the discharge characteristics and the converting efficiency from electric energy to kinetic energy have been investigated. The results show that with the increase of the applied voltage from 4 kV to 11 kV, the discharge shows four stages, burst pulse, streamer corona, glow corona and spark discharge, and the wind velocity increases monotonously and reach 1.90 m/s at 11 kV. At the same applied voltage, the shorter needle-net distance leads to the larger wind velocity. At 15 mm needle-net distance, the needle-net electrode structure ionic wind generator shows a maximum energy efficiency value of 2.19%. A metal circular plate is attached on the needle electrode to change the spatial electric field distribution, increase the field intensity of the discharge gap, and promote the particle collision. It is found that the wind velocity and energy efficiency can be improved from 1.90 m/s to 2.35 m/s, and 1.87% to 3.14%, at same applied voltage and needle-net distance. The cooling experiment shows that the ionic wind generator with metal circular plate needle-net electrode has better heat dissipation effect.
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