Pedro Llovera-Segovia , Philippe Molinié , Vicente Fuster-Roig , Alfredo Quijano-López
{"title":"Electrostatic potential measurement of floating conductive objects: Some theoretical considerations and experimental results","authors":"Pedro Llovera-Segovia , Philippe Molinié , Vicente Fuster-Roig , Alfredo Quijano-López","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103986","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103986","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The measurement of electrostatic potentials of floating conductive objects can, in principle, be performed by well-known basic experimental setups. Commercial equipment is readily available and the physical principles underlaying the problem are well established. However, electrostatic measurements require special attention, as significant errors can arise from the influence of the measuring setup or the misinterpretation of the results. First, the specificity of the measuring equipment must be well understood such as the difference between field mills, induction probes and feedback probes (also called electrostatic probes). These instruments create specific boundary conditions around the object being measured such as the introduction of grounded planes or the cancellation of the electric field. This influence is particularly significant when measuring floating objects as, for example, belts and suspended or flying objects. Even when results are provided directly in volts, their interpretation varies greatly depending on the instrument used. In the case of the field mills measurements, a calibration must be performed to convert the measured electric field into the potential of the floating object. This calibration is often performed by applying a known potential to the floating object. However, this procedure may introduce errors in the measured values due to the presence of the high voltage cable used to charge the object. We describe some examples of numerical calculations and show some experimental measurements on a levitating object.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103986"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530764","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}
Jiangtian Hou , Guilin Hu , John R. Grace , Xiaotao Bi
{"title":"Experimental study of electrostatic charging related to prevention of fire and dust explosions in wood processing facilities","authors":"Jiangtian Hou , Guilin Hu , John R. Grace , Xiaotao Bi","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103983","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103983","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address the concern of fire and dust explosions in wood processing facilities, the charging behavior on wood dust particles and air hoses during the air-blow cleaning operation were investigated. The effective work function, unit weight and surface roughness were key parameters influencing the charge accumulation on air hoses. The use of compressed air with lower velocity and higher moisture content could reduce the charge generation on airborne wood particles. Particle size, shape and wood species affect the charging behavior of wood dust. Conductive surface and moisture could help charges to be dissipated fast from wood dust particles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103983"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426765","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":"A method of obtaining inception voltage in spark discharge utilizing a current probe","authors":"Zhiyu Wang, Can Chen, Suijun Yang, Shuliang Ye","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103984","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103984","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is usually a significant voltage drop on the electrode during the brief delay before spark discharge occurs when the storage capacitance is small (around or below 100 pF). This leads to a decrease in capacitor energy, which may result in an overestimation of the minimum ignition energy (MIE) of dust cloud. A method that utilizes a current probe to obtain the inception discharge voltage was therefore developed. Firstly, the voltage attenuation on the electrode without spark discharge is measured, enabling an accurate calculation of parasitic capacitance. Subsequently, the inception discharge voltage in a spark discharge is calculated based on the measured spark current, thereby enabling the determination of capacitor energy before spark discharge. The results show that the fitted current curves based on the calculated inception discharge voltage exhibited consistency with the actual spark current curves, indicating that the calculated value of inception discharge voltage was consistent with the actual situation. The method effectively addresses challenges associated with measuring the inception discharge voltage in cases of small storage capacitance, which helps to calculate the capacitor energy before spark discharge for MIE testing of dust clouds that are highly sensitive to electrostatic discharge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103984"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142359107","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":"Analysis and comparison of streamer discharge characteristics in equipotential live-line work gap and its simplified gaps under positive switching impulse","authors":"Yaqi Fang, Hao Zeng, Bingsen Yang, Suhan Mao, Junkang Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103985","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103985","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Equipotential live-line work (EPLW) is crucial for uninterrupted operation and maintenance of extra-high voltage (EHV) and ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission lines. Determining the minimum approach distance (MAD) for EHV and UHV systems needs a thorough grasp of EPLW gap discharge mechanisms and characteristics for worker protection. Therefore, we conduct positive switching impulse discharge experiments on EPLW gap and its simplified gaps at a gap distance of 3 m, study the discharge development process and streamer inception characteristics of two gaps, and perform comparative analysis. The experimental results show that sim-worker's feet-test tower gap and the bundle conductor + rod-plane gaps (rod electrode with radii of 2.5 cm and 5 cm) occur multiple streamer inception. The bundle conductor + rod electrode with a radius of 8 cm only has one streamer inception. The average inception voltage, inception time delay and its dispersion of bundle conductor + rod electrode will all rise with the size of the electrode. Compared to the bundle conductor + rod electrodes with radii of 2.5 cm and 8 cm, the average streamer inception time delay and inception voltage of sim-worker's feet are only 3.6 % and 5.1 % subtly higher than those of the bundle conductor + rod electrode with a radius of 5 cm, and a high degree of similarity is exhibited in their probability distribution trends of streamer inception time delay. A larger electrode size will increase the boost time delay, statistical time delay, and its dispersion of bundle conductor + rod electrode, they are closer to sim-worker's feet when the radius of bundle conductor + rod electrode is 5 cm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103985"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142359108","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":"Advanced image reconstruction for electrostatic tomography in gas-solid two-phase flow based on convolutional autoencoder neural network","authors":"Jiahe Lyu, Xuezhen Cheng, Zhen Song, Jiming Li","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The image reconstruction of flowing charged particles in gas-solid two-phase (GSTP) flow can be achieved through electrostatic tomography (EST). Accurate image reconstruction is crucial for detecting the movement patterns of the particles. In order to improve the quality of reconstructed images, a unique convolutional autoencoder neural network (CANN) is proposed. This study uses an image set generated by the linear backprojection (LBP) algorithm to train the CANN, which consists of an encoder and a decoder. The encoder utilizes convolutional and max-pooling layers to reduce the dimensionality of the images and extract key features, while the decoder restores and reconstructs the images through up-sampling and convolutional operations to closely approximate the reference image. To prevent overfitting, dropout layers are introduced after each max-pooling layer in the encoder. To verify the anti-noise capability of the network, Gaussian white noise ranging from 10 dB to 20 dB is added to the test set. The proposed CANN has been validated through simulations and experiments, demonstrating its effectiveness in overcoming noticeable artifacts and noise in reconstructed images when identifying GSTP flow patterns. Furthermore, it shows significant enhancements in imaging outcomes compared to conventional image reconstruction techniques and some current deep learning algorithms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103979"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326345","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}
Alexander Götz , Armin Wolfram , Wolfgang Schubert
{"title":"Electrostatic charging of material webs in gravure printing presses","authors":"Alexander Götz , Armin Wolfram , Wolfgang Schubert","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103980","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103980","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper deals with the electrostatic charging of material webs in production machines. Measurements were made with a special measurement setup inside a gravure printing press and the results were analyzed and interpreted. In order to gather as much information as possible, the electric field strength of a free-spanning web was monitored at different positions inside the machine and under different production conditions. The measurement results confirmed theoretical principles and practical experience, such as the fact that the type of material, printing inks, coatings, machine speed, web tension, printing process and corona pretreatment have a significant effect on the level and polarity of the electrostatic charging. During the series of experiments, peak field strengths of up to 300 kV/m resulting from the charge on the web were measured and changes in the sign were detected within a very short period of time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103980"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304388624000871/pdfft?md5=e978cf7409e55e0c7b6e2e0694eaddff&pid=1-s2.0-S0304388624000871-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142270486","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}
Xu Diao , Juncheng Jiang , Lei Ni , Ahmed Mebarki , Yong Pan
{"title":"Experimental study on the flow electrification in intact and leak pipelines","authors":"Xu Diao , Juncheng Jiang , Lei Ni , Ahmed Mebarki , Yong Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103981","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103981","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pipeline leakage accidents of dielectric liquid often occurs in chemical industry, while the investigations on flow electrification of leakage pipe are few. In this study, experiments were conducted to measure and analyze the streaming current inside the pipe and the leakage current of the pipe wall in both intact and leak pipes. Two kinds of diesel oil, namely the light heavy diesel oil and heavy diesel oil, were selected as the flowing media. Furthermore, an empirical expression of the space charge density and the streaming current based on the modified velocity equation was proposed. The space charge density distribution obtained from the experimental streaming current was compared with the theoretical values. The results show that the space charge density obtained from experiments by the proposed expression is in good agreement with the theoretical value.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103981"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240370","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":"Aqueous bromide oxidized with pulsed corona discharge","authors":"Irina Petrochenko, Sergei Preis","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103978","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bromide in treated natural waters is oxidized to toxic bromate with ozone. For the novelty of pulsed corona discharge (PCD) in water treatment, it's potential in bromide transformation needs clarification. Experimental research into bromide-bromate conversion dependent on control parameters, including pulse repetition frequency, pH, Br<sup>−</sup> concentration, and presence of organics, was undertaken. Bromide transformed to bromate in acidic and circum-neutral media; transformation of bromate to bromide was also observed. Bromide was poorly oxidized in alkaline media. Oxidation of bromide was obstructed with oxalate. Formation of nitrate was noticeably decelerated by bromate.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103978"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142161735","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}
Yongqiang Kang, Jialin Zhang, Zhipeng Shi, Xuhong Pu, Shuaibing Li
{"title":"A new method for calculating the electric field distribution in particle-particle rotating systems","authors":"Yongqiang Kang, Jialin Zhang, Zhipeng Shi, Xuhong Pu, Shuaibing Li","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103967","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the applied electric field, the behavioral characteristic which occurs in particle-particle systems always are used in dielectric insulation, and nanomaterials regulation, among which is the key to correctly compute the electric field. Because the dipole model without fully considering the particle interactions so that has defects in computing in some cases. This study introduced the mutual-coupling dipole offset distance <em>τ</em> used to describe the degree of inter-particle interaction, the analytical expression of the mutual-coupling dipole moment under the two types of the electric field is obtained, respectively. An original model is established, and by comparison with the finite element method, it is found that even when <em>D</em> = 0.1<em>R</em> and <em>ε</em><sub>pp</sub>/<em>ε</em><sub>f</sub> = 25, the proposed model can describe the inter-particle interaction effectively, and its computational precision better than that of the classical model, which can realize the accurate computation of the electric field distribution around the particle-particle rotating system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 103967"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117656","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":"Measure for intensity of electrostatic interaction between two disjoint sets of charged conductors","authors":"Filip Vučić","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103966","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103966","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Measure for intensity of electrostatic interaction between two disjoint sets of charged conductors is introduced, and it is called relative intensity of interaction (RII). Firstly, we examine properties and we found various forms and upper bounds for RII between charged conductors and neutral conductors. The most important derived expression for RII is in terms of Schur complement of original capacitance matrix and capacitance matrix of system without neutral conductors. RII between two disjoint sets <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> of arbitrarily charged conductors is bounded above by sum of RII’s between charged set <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> and neutral set <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, and <em>vice versa</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 103966"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142007062","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}