{"title":"Field electron emission in the atmospheric pressure range","authors":"L. Trascinelli , K.L. Aplin","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103867","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Field emission is a well-known technology for generating electrons under vacuum conditions. Here we assess whether gated silicon field emitter microstructures, originally developed for use in space, can ionise air for electroaerodynamic propulsion and other applications. Electron range in air is compared to breakdown voltage over the atmospheric pressure range, to evaluate whether an operational region exists for which the geometry permits electrons to escape and ionise, whilst keeping the voltage low enough to avoid breakdown. An operational region is identified between 500–100 V for pressures corresponding to 0–20 km altitude. This offers low-power and low-mass operation in comparison to existing ionisation technologies. Carbon nanotube field emitters may offer enhanced performance over the silicon emitters. Field electron emission represents a new air ionisation technology which may be appropriate for light-weight, high-altitude aircraft propulsion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304388623000761/pdfft?md5=cd33ccb76c78f1c8a40806bb2ee768b2&pid=1-s2.0-S0304388623000761-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138465667","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":"Capacitance of a conducting hollow cylindrical shell in a closed form","authors":"E. Romashets , M. Vandas , C. Şen","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The charge distribution within a hollow conducting cylinder with zero-thickness walls is calculated from the minimum potential energy (<span><math><mi>U</mi></math></span>) consideration. The surface charge density consists of a diverging term (Jackson, 1975) and a sum of Legendre polynomials with the coefficients determined from the minimum <span><math><mi>U</mi></math></span> approach. The sum converges. This allows to express the capacitance in closed form. It is in agreement with Butler (1980). We present electric field lines inside and outside of the cylinder. An electric field pattern can be studied in detail. Most of the numerical analysis is done for the conducting cylinder of the length equal to ten radii. The surface charge density near the edges diverges; and in the middle, it is twenty five percent less than that of a uniformly distributed charge. The self-energy of the conducting cylinder is about 5 percent lower than that of uniformly distributed surface charge.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92096412","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":"Space charge and its effects on oil-paper insulation in power transformers: A review","authors":"Raymon Antony Raj","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103861","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The life of power transformers faces a growing threat from space charge in oil-paper insulation. Many works explored space charge behavior in this system. This review examined hypotheses and measurement techniques. Findings from earlier studies helped understand space charge production and its impact on the oil-paper surface. The review discussed internal and external factors influencing space charge behavior. Experimental procedures offer technological advantages. Despite some understanding, current methodologies can't predict space charge consequences accurately. The review suggests developing a unique approach to comprehend space charge behavior in oil-paper insulation, safeguarding power transformer functions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91986783","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}
Euihyun Jo , Hyerim Kim , Young Jun Park , Hyungmin Park , Minbaek Lee
{"title":"Characterization of corona discharge treatment on PTFE surface for TENG applications","authors":"Euihyun Jo , Hyerim Kim , Young Jun Park , Hyungmin Park , Minbaek Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As for practical application of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), corona discharge treatment (CDT) is often utilized further to enhance its power outputs by injecting charges. We report compositional analysis and corresponding triboelectric outputs of Poly(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) based TENGs. PTFE and Al based TENGs with various PTFE film thickness are fabricated and their performances are measured with different CDT applied bias. XPS depth profile analysis reveals the relation of triboelectric outputs and depth of oxygen ions. Our discovery may give insight in the future development of high performance TENGs using CDT.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91986785","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}
Xiaoran Fan, Kefeng Shang, Ying Chen, Nan Jiang, Na Lu, Jie Li
{"title":"The discharge characteristics and benzene degradation performance of a three-electrode DBD reactor powered by dual AC power generators","authors":"Xiaoran Fan, Kefeng Shang, Ying Chen, Nan Jiang, Na Lu, Jie Li","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103864","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A three-electrode hybrid volume/surface dielectric barrier discharge (V-SDBD) configuration with two plane electrodes and six grounded strips electrode was designed for enhancing the generation of discharge plasma to degrade gaseous benzene. Two plane electrodes were separately powered by a 5 kHz AC generator and a 50 Hz AC generator, respectively. Compared with the typical two-electrode volume DBD (VDBD) reactor excited by 50 Hz AC generator, the hybrid V-SDBD reactor has lower onset discharge voltage and better discharge homogeneity, and the benzene degradation efficiency of V-SDBD was 1.12 times higher than that of VDBD at a similar energy efficiency. Moreover, an increase in the voltage on HVE-II promoted benzene degradation, but decreased the energy efficiency of benzene degradation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91986784","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 surface dielectric barrier discharge reactor for biological treatments","authors":"Tamer Akan , Çağrı Durmuş","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103863","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Antimicrobial plasma effects are promising for therapeutic applications like wound healing, cancer/tumor treatment, or pathogen-associated skin or dental diseases, but also in hygiene, food, and agriculture processing. Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactors are the most widely used systems for antimicrobial purposes because they can use atmospheric air as a gas, do not require a vacuum, and are simple, inexpensive, and easy to use. However, when DBD plasma is applied directly to the biological sample, discharge current may pass through the biological sample, causing the plasma to transit to spark discharge and thus causing damage to the biological sample. Since Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge (SDBD) plasmas can be generated far from the sample, they offer great advantages in the application of non-thermal plasma in extremely large volumes. While SDBD plasmas are generally generated on the lid of the container in which the sample is placed and the plasma species are expected to reach the sample, in this study, SDBD plasmas were produced on the container itself. A new SDBD reactor that can be applied to samples of various sizes and properties for antimicrobial purposes was manufactured. Gram-negative <em>E. coli</em>, gram-positive <em>S. aureus</em> and <em>E. faecalis</em> planktonic bacteria were placed in the reactor and inactivated for 10 min by exposure to non-thermal plasma. A plasma sterilization unit with 31.4 W power, practical, user-friendly, developed for bio-applications, with a 6.2-liter capacity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49766112","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}
Xuwei Zhang (张旭炜) , Weidong Chen (陈慰东) , Min Wang (王敏) , Ho-Kei Chan (陈浩基)
{"title":"Mechanisms of like-charge attraction in many-body systems","authors":"Xuwei Zhang (张旭炜) , Weidong Chen (陈慰东) , Min Wang (王敏) , Ho-Kei Chan (陈浩基)","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103859","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The physics of like-charge attraction in a collinear binary system of </span><span><math><mi>N</mi></math></span> particles has been investigated via a polarizable-ion model. It was found that like-charge attraction between an array of <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span><span> type-A particles on the left and a single type-B particle on the right is conditional upon a sufficient degree of dissimilarities between the two types of particles. By assuming that (1) the particles of one type are strongly polarizing (but weakly polarizable) such that the Coulomb fields they produce are dominant all over other electric fields, and that (2) the particles of the other type are strongly polarizable (but weakly polarizing) such that their Coulomb-field-induced dipoles are the only polarization effects<span> worth considering, a good agreement between our approximate analytic theory and exact numerical solutions has been obtained. Our analytic results show that the attractive components of the electrostatic force between the two types of particles could be thought of as arising from imaginary charges induced in the polarized particle(s) by the polarizing ones, resulting in a screening of the real charge(s) in the polarized particle(s). Like-charge attraction occurs if the field contributions from the imaginary charges collectively outweigh the field contribution(s) from the real charge(s).</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49753193","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":"Finite element analysis of a 3D triboelectric nanogenerator for biophysical health monitoring applications","authors":"Shivani Gupta, Yogita Batra","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103862","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>The Triboelectric nanogenerator<span><span> (TENG) has numerous applications in biophysical health monitoring due to its small size, lightweight, and economical use. The triboelectric effect occurs when two triboelectric materials with opposite polarities come into contact or rub against each other. This paper presents the simulated output performance of a three-dimensional TENG with two opposite dielectric<span> circular layers separated by a distance of 0.05 μm. The bottom negative layer of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with a 0.5 μm diameter and 0.1 μm thickness has a negative aluminium electrode with the same dimensions. The top of the negative layer has cylindrical </span></span>surface morphology. A layer of copper serves as both a positive layer and electrode with a diameter of 1 μm and a thickness of 0.1 μm. Furthermore, for analysis, PTFE is replaced by </span></span>polyvinyl chloride<span> (PVC) and polyethylene and the results are compared. The </span></span>Finite Element Analysis<span> (FEA) was used to analyze the geometry, employing a combination of Solid mechanics and Electrostatic module of COMSOL Multiphysics 5.6 software. The result shows that a maximum output voltage of 35.9 V was observed for an applied pulse pressure of 3 kPa as input. The results indicate that the TENGs have the potential to be used for various devices and wearable healthcare monitors.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49759542","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":"The equilibrium of particles electrostatically confined by external forces and the competition between the electrostatic interaction and gravitational field","authors":"J.W. Sirpa-Poma , F. Ghezzi , G.M. Ramírez-Ávila","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103860","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This study sets out to describe the interaction of charged confined particles with a gravitational field. The system consisted of charged particles interacting electrostatically between themselves and with a confining box whose walls have a linear charge distribution. We studied numerically several configurations including the introduction of a tilt, that takes into account the Earth’s gravitational field. In our analysis, we included the </span><span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span><span> parameter for describing the position of the center of mass and its evolution according to the influence of the box size. We also studied in detail the competition between the gravitational field and electrostatic forces over the system. Such a competition determines the shape and size of the distributed charges. When the electrostatic force is dominant, the charges are distributed almost symmetrically. Whereas, when the gravitational field is preponderant, the distribution of particles tends to have a hive-like shape and then as the tilt angle increases the distribution is flattened. This effect is exacerbated when the particles have bigger masses and the inclination is higher. From a physical analysis, we obtained an expression to determine the center of mass of the distributed particles, depending on the box’s size and other physical parameters. Finally, based on the data analysis, we obtained fitting equations for the gravitational (logarithmic) and electrostatic (exponential) energies as a function of the enveloping area.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49727610","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}
Zelu Yan , Ji Gong , Christophe Louste , Jian Wu , Jian'an Fang
{"title":"Modal analysis of EHD jets through the SVD-based POD technique","authors":"Zelu Yan , Ji Gong , Christophe Louste , Jian Wu , Jian'an Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2023.103858","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>An EHD flow has complex characteristics with superimposed characteristic structures of various scales due to the coupling effect of the electric and flow fields. This paper provides a new research perspective on active control techniques of EHD flows by unraveling the large-scale dynamic structure of the dominant electroconvection from the manifold of the jet. The SVD-based </span>POD<span><span> technique in our work marks the first comprehensive investigation of modal analysis<span> for EHD jets, aiming at extracting reduced-order modes that capture the main features and exploring the mechanisms that govern these jets through a deeper understanding of dynamic physics. The findings indicate that large-scale coherent structures that determine the EHD flows regularly emerge in the low-order modes, and fine-scale </span></span>vortex structures typically appear in the high-order modes. In addition, the POD-based flow field recovery technique can effectively remove the spurious vectors from the </span></span>PIV dataset by simply excluding the high-order modes from the expansion during reconstruction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electrostatics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49753575","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}