Study of Gas Dynamic Effects in Non-Uniform High Pressure Electrical Discharges.

Abstract

This report examines gas dynamic stabilization of high pressure, highly non-uniform electrical discharges for two electrode geometries. The geometries studied are the multiple-point to plane and the multiple-wire to plane. A successful analytical model is developed utilizing the anode extension concept, which describes the interaction and stabilizing effects of flow, separating the effects of convection and turbulence, in the point-plane geometry. Comparisons of theory and data are presented, illustrating actual observed and calculated breakdown voltages and currents for a number of cases. Flow stabilized high power density electric discharges are applicable to high power electric discharge lasers, magnetohydrodynamic power generation, and other new systems and technologies. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092413

Entities

People

  • Jon L. Barto

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Charged Particles
  • Current Density
  • Diffusion
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow Fields
  • Gas Flow
  • High Pressure
  • Ionization
  • Plane Geometry
  • Power Supplies
  • Secondary Flow
  • Space Charge
  • Turbulent Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy