Estimation of Power Input to Complex Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor Geometries used in NOx Cleaning

Bhattacharyya, Anusuya and Rajanikanth, BS (2015) Estimation of Power Input to Complex Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor Geometries used in NOx Cleaning. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION, 22 (5). pp. 2907-2914.

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Abstract

Studies were carried out to estimate the power input to Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactors powered by AC high voltage in the context of their application in non-thermal plasma cleaning of exhaust gases. Power input to the reactors was determined both theoretically and experimentally. Four different reactor geometries energized with 50 Hz and 1.5 kHz AC excitation were considered for the study. The theoretically estimated power using Manley's equation was found to agree with the experimental results. Results show that the analytically computed capacitance, without including the electrode edge effects, gives sufficiently good results that are matching with the measured values. For complex geometries where analytical calculation of capacitance is often difficult, a novel method of estimating the reactor capacitance, and hence the power input to the reactor, was introduced in this paper. The predicted results were validated with experiments.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Publisher:	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA
Keywords:	Dielectric barrier discharge; non-thermal plasma; discharge power; Manley's equation; reactor capacitance
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2015 07:47
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2015 07:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/52917

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