Abstract: The paper presents investigations of self-pulsing discharges in atmospheric pressure air pre-heated to 300-1000 K.
Despite using a DC power supply, two self-pulsing discharge
regimes, a repetitive transient spark (TS) and a repetitive streamer (RS) were generated. The pulse repetition frequency, on the order of a few kHz, can be controlled by adjusting the generator voltage. The TS is a discharge initiated by a streamer, followed by a short (tens of ns) spark current pulse (~1 A), associated with the total discharging of the internal capacity of the electric circuit. The TS is suitable for the study of ‘memory’ effects (pre-heating, pre-ionization) on the mechanisms of streamer-to-spark transition and electrical breakdown in
atmospheric pressure air. The TS regime was stable below ∼600 K. Above ∼600 K, a stable repetitive streamer (RS) regime was observed. In this regime, the breakdown and spark did not occur. After the initial streamer, the internal capacity of the electrical circuit discharged
partially. With further pre-heating of the gas, the stable TS appeared again at ∼1000 K.
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