Design of a current converter to maximize the power into homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) devices
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This paper proposes a design approach of an electrical power supply intended to offer an especially well-suited supply mode, through the efficient control of the current injected into a DBD setup. The proposed topology is aimed at controlling the operating point of the electrical discharge, thereby allowing favoring the homogeneous regime, and maximizing the electrical power injected into the plasma. The power supply structure is designed on the basis of causality criteria and of an analytical analysis of the electrical waveforms, which are derived from an equivalent circuit model of the DBD. Design issues of this electrical generator are detailed and experimental analysis of its operation, together with actual performances are presented. A very good agreement is obtained by comparing simulation and experiments. Effective ability to control the power transfers by means of its two degrees of freedom (current magnitude and frequency) is highlighted.
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie, École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Télécommunications, Université de Toulouse
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2074288166