TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a Radio Frequency Field on Atmospheric Pressure Pulsed Discharges in Air
AU - Zamchii, Roman
AU - Damazo, Jason S.
AU - Kwon, Eddie
AU - Lacoste, Deanna
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-04-26
Acknowledgements: Supported by The Boeing Company and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
PY - 2022/3/9
Y1 - 2022/3/9
N2 - The article presents an investigation of the effect of radio frequency (RF) field (Wi-Fi signal) on electrical discharges produced by high-voltage (HV) pulses of different time duration applied between two pin electrodes in ambient air at atmospheric pressure. In the course of the work, electrical characterization was carried out, namely, the measurement and analysis of the breakdown voltage and the energy of single and multiple discharges with a duration from 500 ns to 200 μs in the presence, as well as without external influence, of RF radiation with a power of 30 W at a frequency of 2.45 GHz. The study results showed that the energy of the discharges remained unchanged in all cases; the breakdown voltage of the primary pulse was unchanged as well, whereas the amplitude of subsequent pulses in the packet for the case of multiple pulses dropped by half. Despite this fact, under current experimental conditions, a potential ignition risk of electric breakdown is still highly improbable. This result is of interest for the installation of wireless sensors in flammable environments.
AB - The article presents an investigation of the effect of radio frequency (RF) field (Wi-Fi signal) on electrical discharges produced by high-voltage (HV) pulses of different time duration applied between two pin electrodes in ambient air at atmospheric pressure. In the course of the work, electrical characterization was carried out, namely, the measurement and analysis of the breakdown voltage and the energy of single and multiple discharges with a duration from 500 ns to 200 μs in the presence, as well as without external influence, of RF radiation with a power of 30 W at a frequency of 2.45 GHz. The study results showed that the energy of the discharges remained unchanged in all cases; the breakdown voltage of the primary pulse was unchanged as well, whereas the amplitude of subsequent pulses in the packet for the case of multiple pulses dropped by half. Despite this fact, under current experimental conditions, a potential ignition risk of electric breakdown is still highly improbable. This result is of interest for the installation of wireless sensors in flammable environments.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/676493
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732256/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126299284&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/tps.2022.3153074
DO - 10.1109/tps.2022.3153074
M3 - Article
SN - 0093-3813
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
ER -