Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow

Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) is a plasma actuator. A plasma actuator ,is a system or mechanism which produces plasma artificially. This discharge device has been used in wide range of industries, mainly in the environmental engineering industry. Most researches done are through experiments, bu...

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Main Author:	Azizi, Bin Ahmadi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.101782023-03-28T02:16:49Z Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow 2013 Azizi, Bin Ahmadi R Medicine (General) Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) is a plasma actuator. A plasma actuator ,is a system or mechanism which produces plasma artificially. This discharge device has been used in wide range of industries, mainly in the environmental engineering industry. Most researches done are through experiments, but it does not obtain direct information on the distribution of the electric field and the electron density along the discharge axis. This information is important in order to optimize the plasma productio . In this study, the mathematical model of the DBD will be presented. Two models are required to model DBD plasma discharge mathematically; the electrostatics model and the fluid flow model. As for the electrostatics model, a model based on previous researches is adopted. And as for the fluid flow model, the Navier-Stokes equations are used to derive the model. In this study, it was noticed that the electrostatics model is time-independent. One of the characterisdcs of the DBD is that it performs under the alternating current, which is time-dependent. Hence, modification of the existing model is required, resulting in the development of the two systems: the spatial system and the spatial-temporal system. Both numerical results of the systems are implemented and analyzed. It is noticed that both systems produce similar results which indicates that the earlier formulated time-independent models actually is sufficient to model the problem. Then, the sensitivity fi analysis is conducted to certain DBD parameters in order. to study the performance of the DBD as a plasma actuator. This study concluded -that some parameters do affect the DBD plasma actuator. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10178/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10178/1/Azizi%20Bin%20Ahmadi%20ft.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology.
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) Azizi, Bin Ahmadi Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
description	Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) is a plasma actuator. A plasma actuator ,is a system or mechanism which produces plasma artificially. This discharge device has been used in wide range of industries, mainly in the environmental engineering industry. Most researches done are through experiments, but it does not obtain direct information on the distribution of the electric field and the electron density along the discharge axis. This information is important in order to optimize the plasma productio . In this study, the mathematical model of the DBD will be presented. Two models are required to model DBD plasma discharge mathematically; the electrostatics model and the fluid flow model. As for the electrostatics model, a model based on previous researches is adopted. And as for the fluid flow model, the Navier-Stokes equations are used to derive the model. In this study, it was noticed that the electrostatics model is time-independent. One of the characterisdcs of the DBD is that it performs under the alternating current, which is time-dependent. Hence, modification of the existing model is required, resulting in the development of the two systems: the spatial system and the spatial-temporal system. Both numerical results of the systems are implemented and analyzed. It is noticed that both systems produce similar results which indicates that the earlier formulated time-independent models actually is sufficient to model the problem. Then, the sensitivity fi analysis is conducted to certain DBD parameters in order. to study the performance of the DBD as a plasma actuator. This study concluded -that some parameters do affect the DBD plasma actuator.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Azizi, Bin Ahmadi
author_facet	Azizi, Bin Ahmadi
author_sort	Azizi, Bin Ahmadi
title	Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
title_short	Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
title_full	Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
title_fullStr	Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
title_full_unstemmed	Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
title_sort	numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
granting_department	Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology.
publishDate	2013
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10178/1/Azizi%20Bin%20Ahmadi%20ft.pdf
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Numerical modeling of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow

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