{"title":"Optimisation of CuO/AC, Fe2O3/AC synergistic multi-electrode DBD reactor for degradation of ATZ in water","authors":"Xinjun Shen , Fan He , Jing Zhang , Cong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.104003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.104003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Atrazine (ATZ) is a synthetic triazine herbicide and has become a new pollutant in environment water. In this study, a multi-high-voltage, double-grounded- pole dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor was designed to degrade ATZ in water. The effects of different factors, such as input voltage, air flow rate, and pH, on the degradation of ATZ in the DBD reactor were compared using response surface methodology. The optimal reaction conditions for the degradation of ATZ by DBD were determined by fitting the model to the experiment: air flow rate of 100 L/h, input voltage of 32 kV and pH of 10. The degradation efficiency obtained was 97.89 %, which closely matched the simulation, indicating that the model had good correlation and consistency with the measured data. In this experiment, catalysts such as activated carbon loaded with CuO and Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> were added to DBD reactor to improve the utilization of active substances and enhance the degradation of ATZ. The catalysts were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, XPS and SEM, proving that they promoted the degradation of ATZ.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 104003"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142722611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Triboelectric charging of polydisperse particles in a developed pipe flow","authors":"Chris Lawn","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103993","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103993","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A framework has been developed for computing the tribocharging of particles while they are being conveyed pneumatically through high-velocity circular pipes. Fully-developed flow and particle conditions are considered. With four compositions of particle ranging from nanometre sizes to 100 μm, the radial electrostatic field induced by the space charge of all the particles was approximated, and then updated with the different radial distributions. Simple models for the response of the particles to turbulence, for the radial drift induced by the electrostatic field, for inter-particle collisions, and for the asymptotic charging at the wall were developed. For particle numbers totalling 3x10<sup>9</sup>/m<sup>3</sup>, it was shown that collisions can be ignored. Large differences in the radial number density distributions for different particle sizes were found, from uniformity for those under about 5 μm, to heavy concentration at the wall for the larger ones.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 103993"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142722610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of field emission on contact spark in the spark test apparatus","authors":"Luwen Song , Shulin Liu , Dangshu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103995","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103995","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Explosion-proof electrical equipment must be tested with the spark test apparatus (STA). This discharge was important for electrical explosion-proof safety. This study aimed to investigate the effect of field emission on the contact spark of the STA. Results show that the primary discharge modes were field emission and electron impact ionization. The gap width was estimated to be 6–8 μm. The distribution of the ions and radicals were revealed under the different field emissions. The impact of radicals on ignition was also discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 103995"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142722649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A theoretical approach towards developing space charge formation in lossy dielectrics","authors":"Navdeep Batish, Sounak Nandi, Harimurugan Devarajan","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103989","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103989","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The work is entitled to address an integrated solution for mathematical basis of space charge formation in dielectrics having a finite conductivity. The solution is a manifestation of a more fundamental usage of Gauss Divergence theorem in point form along with continuity equation to take care of the charge dynamics in a temporally changing field condition. The outlook of the work involves the more generalised solution of any space charge problem without sacrificing the intricacies of Maxwell’s Equations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 103989"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142699697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical study on water and salt transport of electroosmosis in saline soil","authors":"Wei Wen , Hao Wu , Ling Zeng , Yiyun Jiang , Haitao Yang , Xubin Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103992","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103992","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study investigate water-salt interactions in porous media under electroosmosis. A theoretical model was developed to analyze the effect of salt precipitation on electrical conductivity, permeability, and volumetric capacitance, and to introduce precipitated salt parameters. The model describes water and salt transport through two mass conservation equations and incorporates the charge conservation equation. The model was validated through experiments of other scholars. The experimental results show that salt precipitation and dissolution play an important role in electrical conductivity since salt precipitation decreases drainage efficiency because it reduces hydraulic conductivity. The increase in conductivity of the solution is more important than the decrease in hydraulic conductivity due to salt precipitation because the higher the concentration of the solution, the higher its conductivity. The model suggests that salt plays an important role in electrical conductivity, as evidenced by the prominent nonlinear change in conductivity due to the inhomogeneous transport of solutes. The numerical model helps to predict water and salt transport in the electroosmosis of soils containing saline water.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103992"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Berry , L. Zheng , P. Leblanc , S. Holé , T. Paillat
{"title":"Numerical investigation of electric charge measurement by PWP method at solid and liquid interfaces","authors":"V. Berry , L. Zheng , P. Leblanc , S. Holé , T. Paillat","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103991","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103991","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>When a liquid contacts a solid, physicochemical reactions form an electrical double layer (EDL) at the interface. Understanding the EDL is crucial to prevent electrical device failures, but few experimental methods can access this charge distribution. Recently, the pressure wave propagation (PWP) method has been explored. This paper presents simulations of current generated by a pressure wave through the EDL using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. A parametric study investigates the effects of EDL parameters and stimulus properties on the signal. Simulations with EDL data obtained experimentally for both conductive and dielectric liquids are carried out.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103991"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zipeng Cheng, Qizheng Ye, Xiaofei Nie, Chengye Li, Wenhua Wu
{"title":"Uniform electric-field optimal design method using machine learning","authors":"Zipeng Cheng, Qizheng Ye, Xiaofei Nie, Chengye Li, Wenhua Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103990","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103990","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The demand for uniform electric fields (UEFs) in engineering is very high, particularly in high-voltage devices. The existing methods encounter limitations in terms of optimization region and universality. Herein, we propose a method for designing UEFs based on finite element calculations of electromagnetic fields and machine learning. First, the electric-field distribution of the plate-to-plate electrode structure determined using three electrode-shape parameters (ESPs) is calculated using finite element software and is drawn. Thereafter, a dataset of 2000 images is created with different electric-field strength distributions using various ESPs. Net, we employ image-processing techniques to extract nine statistical features from the gray-level information in the images. Models are trained through machine learning to predict ESPs based on the gray-level features (GLFs). Finally, the electric-field strength distribution image of the expected ideal uniform field is artificially selected. In addition, the ESPs from which the uniform electric-field is produced are predicted by the models. The proposed method provides an accurate solution for optimizing the design of a uniform electric-field and a new approach for solving inverse problems of electric-field. This involves drawing the required electric-field strength distribution image for high-voltage engineering and obtaining the required ESPs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103990"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical simulation of spiked electrode electrostatic precipitator","authors":"Xiaohua Wang, Hong Su, Biyu Wang, Junyu Tao","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103987","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103987","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The characteristic of the spiked electrode electrostatic precipitator was numerically studied. Complicated electrohydrodynamic flow was observed and vortices were formed in the ESP with the maximum gas velocity 30.9 m/s in this study. The spiked electrode had significant effects on the distribution of electric field and charge density. The corona charge was confined to six semi-ellipsoidal regions around the tips of the spiked electrode, which was 1.04 × 10<sup>6</sup> μC/m<sup>3</sup> at the tip surface. The particle trajectories were complicated due to the EHD flow. High working potential and low gas velocity were beneficial to the removal of particles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103987"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ionic wind produced by volume corona discharges and surface dielectric barrier discharges: What role do streamers play?","authors":"Eric Moreau, Nicolas Benard","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103988","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103988","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study compares the ionic wind produced by volume DC and AC corona discharges, and by surface dielectric barrier discharges (DBD). On the one hand, in the case of a volume corona discharge ignited between a high-voltage needle and a grounded plate, our measurements highlight that the ionic wind velocity increases in the presence of positive breakdown streamers. On the other hand, in the case of a surface AC DBD, the ionic wind velocity decreases when streamers occur. Why such a difference? The answer is not easy and the debate remains open. However, one answer would be that the streamers occurring in a volume needle-to-plate discharge leave an abundance of positive ions in the inter-electrode space and that these ions drift because of the electric field, just after the streamer propagation. On the other hand, in the case of a surface DBD, the streamers can leave positive ions in their wake but their heads especially deposit positive ions at the location where they stop propagating, <em>i.e.</em> a few millimetres from the electrode (up to about 10–15 mm). Then this positive space charge deposited at a few millimetres from the active electrode edge on the dielectric surface acts as a screen against the electric field due to the applied high voltage, thus preventing the drift of the ions remaining on the surface of the dielectric, close to the electrode edge. Having said that, the reality is that this explanation is certainly very simplistic compared with the very complex phenomena taking place in these two discharges, particularly at the times when the streamers form and propagate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103988"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John H.J. Niederhaus , Joel B. Coley , Antonio L. Levy
{"title":"Stress due to electric charge density distribution in a dielectric slab","authors":"John H.J. Niederhaus , Joel B. Coley , Antonio L. Levy","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103982","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103982","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The spatial distribution of electric field due to an imposed electric charge density profile in an infinite slab of dielectric material is derived analytically by integrating Gauss’s law. Various charge density distributions are considered, including exponential and power-law forms. The Maxwell stress tensor is used to compute a notional static stress in the material due to the charge density and its electric field. Characteristics of the electric field and stress distributions are computed for example cases in polyethylene, showing that field magnitudes exceeding the dielectric strength would be required in order to achieve a stress exceeding the ultimate tensile strength.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103982"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}