Simulation of Streamer Discharges

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• Subject: Simulation of Streamer Discharges
• From: "B**2" <bensonbd-at-erols-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 05:54:27 -0700
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Hi All,
    Found a nice article on serious streamer modeling.  Easy read.
Almost no math.  Positive streamers in air at atmospheric pressure.
It also shows the proper way to construct a pin type trigatron
triggered gap (uniform field) for those who want the ultimate in rep
rate control.  Nice IV graphs.  "The model predicts that the potential
gradient along the streamer channel is about 450 kV/meter and the
radius is about 50 microns in air at standard atmospheric conditions".
100 microCoulombs/square meter charge density in the tail, 500
microCoulombs/square meter in the head  (2-D model).  23 great
references including the Les Renardieres articles.

Simulation of Streamer Discharges as Finely Conducting Channels
by Lan Gao, A. Larsson, V. Cooray and V. Scuka
(Institute of High Voltage Research, Uppsala University, Sweden)
IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
February 1999, Volume 6, Number 1, Pages 35 to 42.


And for those wanting to try something new with their coil check out
pages 105 to 108 "Use of Inductive Energy Storage for Electric Pulse
Destruction of Solid Materials".

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