Comparison Between Air and SF6 Breakdown by Microwaves at High Pressure

被引：2

作者：

Zhao, Pengcheng ^{[1
]}

Guo, Lixin ^{[1
]}

Zhao, Hua ^{[1
]}

Chang, Chao ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Xidian Univ, Sch Phys & Optoelect Engn, Xian 710071, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

[2] Northwest Inst Nucl Technol, Sci & Technol High Power Microwave Lab, Xian 710024, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

[3] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Phys Elect & Devices, Xian 710049, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE | 2018年 / 46卷 / 08期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Air breakdown; fluid model; high-power microwaves; SF6; breakdown; SURFACE FLASHOVER; GLOBAL-MODEL; POWER;

D O I：

10.1109/TPS.2018.2836972

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

A model coupling Maxwell's equations with electron fluid equations is used to simulate air and SF6 breakdown at high pressure by microwaves radiated from a circular waveguide. The modeling for microwaves radiated from a circular waveguide is validated by comparing its results with those from the commercial software FEKO. Under a fixed initial growth rate of electron density in the maximum radiated field, the space and time evolution of electron density in SF6 breakdown is similar to that in air breakdown. However, SF6 plasma causes less change in the radiated field than air plasma. This is because the saturation electron density playing an important role in absorption and scattering by plasma is lower in SF6 than in air. The ratio of critical radiated power in SF6 to that in air increases as pulsewidth or gas pressure increases. The breakdown threshold from simulations as a function of pressure shows the same trend as the experiment.

引用

页码：2794 / 2799

页数：6

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