Discharge modes in oil submerged spark gap with gas injection.

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Abstract

Electrical discharge in submerged spark gap with gas injection was experimentally studied with two different commonly used electric circuits. One RC circuit with constant voltage and a double spark gap circuit were used. The charging time of the RC circuit before breakdown was comparable with the bubble residence time in the spark gap, while the second circuit with double spark gap finished charging and discharging on the second capacitor two orders of magnitude faster than the bubble rising time. Consequently, bubble dynamics are relatively independent of the applied electric field if we use the second circuit. Three different discharge mechanisms were proposed. The first breakdown mechanism is believed to happen in the gas phase only when the entire spark gap was enclosed in a gas bubble. Breakdown occurs first on the electrode tips where a stronger electric field is present. The second discharge mechanism is initiated by contaminates in the liquid. When contaminates get charged from one electrode and move in the electric field towards the second electrode, breakdown happens during this process. The third discharge mechanism we proposed is due to the interactions between either charged bubbles or charged bubbles and electrode.

Authors

  • Kunpeng Wang

    Texas A&M University

  • Sungil Cho

    Case western Reserve University, Hokkaido University, Kyoto University, North Carolina State University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Ioffe Institute RAS, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Evatec AG, 9477 Truebbach, Switzerland, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Dept. Pulse Plasma Systems, IPP, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, Masaryk University, Fac. Sci., Dept. Phys. Electronics., Czech Republic, Nagoya University, Meijo University, INRS - Energie et Materiaux, University of Notre Dame, West Virginia University, Electrodynamics and Physical Electronics Group, Brandenburg University of Technology, Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, University of California, Berkeley, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany, Photon Science Institute, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK, INP Greifs\-wald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, Illinois Applied Research Institute, Champaign, IL 61820, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, Sandia National Laboratories, University of Tokyo, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sugiyama Chemical & Industry Lab., J-Chemical, Inc., Princeton Univ / PPPL, Univ of Alberta, Univ of Saskatchewan, Texas A&M University, Drexel University, National Fusion Research Institute, Old Dominion University, University of San Francisco, Samsung Electronics Co., Chonbuk National University, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Kazan National Research Technological University, Michigan State University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Birmingham-Southern College, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Pusan National University, M.F.Stelmach’s Scientific Institute POLUS, Ghent University; Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Ghent University, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Ghent University; LPP-ERM-KMS, TEC partner, York Plasma Insitute, University of York, Department of electrical engineering, Hanyang university, Air Force Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Kharkov National University, 61022, Kharkov, Svobody Sq. 4, Ukraine, Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Lisboa, Portugal, Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany, FIRST, Tokyo Institute of Technology, MSL, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Plasma Technology Research Center, National Fusion Research Institute, Dalian Maritime University, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, AFRL, INTEPH Technologies LLC, St. Petersburg State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, University of Kentucky, Curtin University, Tsinghua University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Tokyo Electron America, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, ET Center, Samsung R&D Institute Japan, Instituto de Plasmas e Fuso Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Nether- lands, Laboratory of Plasma Physics, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UPMC, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France, William & Mary, National Institute of Aerospace, VA and Bowie State University, MD, Bowie State University, MD, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Shenzhen University, Fermilab, Tech-X Corporation, Tech-X UK Ltd., Ecole Polytechnique, France, Dublin City University, Ireland, Technical University of Denmark, National Space Institute (DTU Space), Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, LPP, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, INP-Greifswald, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China, Institute for Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary, National Institute for Fusion Science, Hiroshima Univ., LIPHY - CNRS UMR 5588, LSPM - CNRS UPR 3407, TU Braunschweig, Institute for Surface Technology, Bienroder Weg 54, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany, INP Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany, University of Iowa, NASA-Goddard, University of Maryland Baltimore Country, MD, and University of Colorado, CO, Drake University, Ecole Polytechnique, Samsung Electronics, University of Houston, Dalian University of Technology, Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Microwave Department, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Germany, Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group, Sandia Natl Labs, CNRS/Polytechnique, CNRS/Université d'Orléans, Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Center for Bioelectrics & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Nagoya Univ., Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Institute of Product and Process Innovation, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, Applied Materials Inc., University of York, UK, LPP-CNRS, France, Wigner Research Centre, Hungary, LPICM-CNRS, France, University of York, Synchrotron SOLEIL, LPP, Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS, Applied Materials, Inc., Ruhr-University Bochum, NFRI, Plasmapp, Seoul National University, Samsung electronics

  • David Staack

    Texas A&M University