Measurement and 3D Simulation of Self-Organized Filaments in a Barrier Discharge

Abstract

We report on pattern formation phenomena in the filamentary dielectric barrier discharge between plane glass electrodes. It is for the first time that a three-dimensional (3D) self-organized glow pattern was both observed in an actual experiment and directly calculated in a full 3D discharge simulation in a quantitative manner. Specifically, we investigate the genesis of periodic patterns during the first breakdowns. Despite our simple drift-diffusion discharge model, the correspondence of experimental and numerical findings is surprisingly good.

Collective phenomena in volume and surface barrier discharges

“…Moreover, the experimental results of the surface-charge distribution measurements are in good agreement with those calculated in a full 3D discharge simulation solving the corresponding transport equations [24].…”

Pattern Formations in Dielectric Barrier Discharges

“…Dynamics of pattern formation in DBD have been observed in experiments and simulations in [2]. In this paper, we show images generated with 2-D axisymmetric and 3-D computer simulations of a DBD setup similar to that reported in [2].The computational tool used here is CFD-ACE+, which has been described in detail elsewhere [3]. CFD-ACE+ solver is composed of a series of linked multiphysics modules which are iterated to a converged solution.…”

Formation of spiral patterns in dielectric-barrier discharge investigated by an intensified-charge coupled device

“…Its devices usually consist of two parallel electrodes, at least one of them covered with dielectric materials. In the past decades, the DBD system has become an attractive pattern formation system since a variety of patterns have been observed [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Numerous complex spatiotemporal structures have been revealed through taking instantaneous pictures by intensified charge coupled devices (ICCDs) and the measurement of correlations between discharge filaments by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) [14][15][16][17][18][19].…”