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Breakdown Time Phenomena: Analyzing the Conductive Channel of Positive Impulse Voltage Discharges under Standard Temperature and Pressure Air Conditions

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  • Muhammad Ikhwanus

    (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
    Electrical Department, Malikussaleh University, Lhokseumawe 24351, Indonesia)

  • Takeshi Morimoto

    (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Osaka 577-8502, Japan)

Abstract

Even though the streamer process can be identified in nanoseconds and microseconds through experimental measurements, the breakdown time of air discharge is still unknown. The instability of electrons is suspected to be an attachment-instability phenomenon of the channel conductivity. We investigated breakdown time across milliseconds to better understand how the oxygen excitations of the 200–400 nm range influence a high-conductivity channel even with a weaker applied voltage. Experiments were performed with positive impulse voltages ranging from +42 to +75 kV in the step of +6 kV at a 3 cm gap between needle-to-plane electrodes in a horizontal configuration. A spectrometer with an integration time of 70 ms was used to capture the spectra during voltage discharge. The shortest breakdown time was found at +60 kV with 77 ns compared to +66, +72, and +75 kV. We conclude that the shorter breakdown time at +60 kV is primarily due to the oxygen-excited state in O IV at 262.999 nm. This state helps maintain electron flow by preventing electron loss, with a decay time of 2.5 µs, while releasing Joule heat at a temperature of 26,003 K, which optimizes conductivity. This process occurs before the recombination of the O I line at 777.417 nm, which has a significantly shorter decay time of 27 ns.

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  • Muhammad Ikhwanus & Takeshi Morimoto, 2024. "Breakdown Time Phenomena: Analyzing the Conductive Channel of Positive Impulse Voltage Discharges under Standard Temperature and Pressure Air Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-16, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:17:p:4222-:d:1462940
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