A hybrid model to predict electron and ion distributions in entire interelectrode space of a negative corona discharge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages 421-428

  Wang, Pengxiang ^a   Fan, Fa Gung ^b   Zirilli, Francisco ^c   Chen, Junhong ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b Mechanical Engineering Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^c XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Corona plasma; Electron; Monte Carlo methods; Particle in cell (PIC)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CONTINUUM MODEL; CORONA DISCHARGES; CORONA PLASMAS; DC CORONA DISCHARGE; DIRECT CURRENT; DRY AIR; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON KINETIC ENERGY; ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS; HYBRID MODEL; INTERELECTRODES; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; LASER PRINTERS; LOCAL APPROXIMATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO COLLISION; NEGATIVE CORONA; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL; PIC-MCC SIMULATION; PLASMA REGION; THIN WIRES; VOLTAGE CURRENT CURVE;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRONS; FORECASTING; ION SOURCES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMAS; WIRE;

ELECTRIC CORONA;

EID: 84857372769     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2174806     Document Type: Article

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