Electrical breakdown from macro to micro/nano scales: a tutorial and a review of the state of the art

Y Fu, P Zhang, JP Verboncoeur… - Plasma Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Fundamental processes for electric breakdown, ie, electrode emission and bulk ionization,
as well as the resultant Paschen's law, are reviewed under various conditions. The effect of …

The energy tree: Non-equilibrium energy transfer in collision-dominated plasmas

HP Li, KK Ostrikov, W Sun - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Collision-dominated plasmas (CDPs) possess unique features compared to traditional fluid
and collision-free plasmas that arise from frequent collisions among various species …

[HTML][HTML] Gas breakdown and its scaling law in microgaps with multiple concentric cathode protrusions

Y Fu, P Zhang, J Krek, JP Verboncoeur - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reports gas breakdown characteristics in microgaps with multiple concentric
protrusions on the cathode in the transition from the Townsend to the subnormal glow …

Numerical simulation of the breakdown process of micro-discharge sustained by field emission

C Guo, H Wu, Y Peng, Z Wang, W Jiang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Micro-discharge is the process that gas breakdown occurs on a small spatial scale to
generate plasma. With the decrease of the discharge scale, the high electric field makes the …

[HTML][HTML] Paschen's curve in microgaps with an electrode surface protrusion

Y Fu, P Zhang, JP Verboncoeur - Applied Physics Letters, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Paschen's curve in microgaps with a hemi-ellipsoidal protrusion on the electrode surface is
studied using a two-dimensional fluid model. The breakdown voltage is identified when the …

On the similarities of low-temperature plasma discharges

Y Fu, JP Verboncoeur - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In similar discharges, the physical characteristics of the plasma in one gap are proportional
to those in the others. The similarities of the gas discharge enable scaling discharge …

[PDF][PDF] 微米尺度气体击穿的数值模拟研究进展

孟国栋, 折俊艺, 应琪, 高新宇… - TRANSACTIONS OF …, 2022 - dgjsxb.ces-transaction.com
摘要随着电力装备, 电子器件和新概念武器等的设计和应用向着小型化和集成化的方向发展,
高场强下微纳结构的绝缘问题日益突出. 针对微纳尺度范围的电气击穿机理和绝缘性能 …

[HTML][HTML] Gas breakdown in atmospheric pressure microgaps with a surface protrusion on the cathode

Y Fu, P Zhang, JP Verboncoeur - Applied Physics Letters, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Gas breakdown in atmospheric pressure microgaps with a cathode surface protrusion is
highly sensitive to the protrusion geometry. The breakdown voltage is identified when the …

Particle-in-cell simulations of the ionization process in microwave argon microplasmas

H Wang, A Venkattraman, AM Loveless… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The importance of microwave device reliability and performance for microscale devices
motivates a more fundamental understanding of breakdown mechanisms in this regime …

Towards automated statistical partial discharge source classification using pattern recognition techniques

H Janani, B Kordi - High Voltage, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a comprehensive review of the automated classification in partial
discharge (PD) source identification and probabilistic interpretation of the classification …