A5: From ns- to ms-pulses – influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges

Principal Investigators: I. Korolov. T. Mussenbrock

Team

Mussenbrock, Thomas (Principal Investigator)

Korolov, Ihor (Principal Investigator)

Wilczek, Sebastian (PostDoc)

Hübner, Gerrit (PhD)

Description

In the second funding period, a synergistic combination of simulations and experiments will be applied to gain a fundamental understanding of surface dielectric barrier discharges driven by tailored voltage shapes. The goal of the comprehensive studies is to address important issues such as energetic electron dynamics and particle transport along with gas-phase reactions and plasma-catalyst interactions. Various tailored electrode structures will be used to investigate how, for example, ammonia synthesis and - in collaboration with other CRC projects - plasma catalytic VOC conversion can be understood and improved.

Publications

• A scalable twin surface dielectric barrier discharge system for pollution remediation at high gas flow rates
  A. Böddecker A. Bodnar L. Schücke, J. Giesekus, K. Wenselau, R. T. Nguyen-Smith, T. Oppotsch, C. Oberste-Beulmann, M. Muhler, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz
  React. Chem. Eng. (2022)
• Computational study of simultaneous positive and negative streamer propagation in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge via 2D PIC simulations
  Q.Z. Zhang, R.T. Nugyen-Smith, F. Beckfeld, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, P. Awakowicz, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 075017 (2021)
• Positive and negative streamer propagation in volume dielectric barrier discharges with planar and porous electrodes
  Q. Z. Zhang, L. Zhang, D. Z. Yang, J. Schulze, Y. N. Wang, A. Bogaerts
  Plasma Process. Polym. 18, e2000234 (2021)
• Deposition of oxygenated hydrocarbons in a packed-bed plasma reactor during the oxidation of toluene: Influence of applied voltage
  M. Zaka-ul-Islam, M. D. Y. Ottef, X. Tu, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 54 (19), 194007 (2021)
• Characterization of a transient spark micro-discharge in nitrogen using simulataneous two-wavelength diagnostics
  S. Gröger, M. Fiebrandt, M. Hamme, N. Bibinov, P. Awakowicz
  Meas. Sci. Technol. 31 075501 (2020)
• Conversion of volatile organic compounds in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge
  L. Schücke, J. Gembus, N. Peters, F. Kogelheide, R.T. Smith, A. Gibson, J. Schulze, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Sources Sci.Technol. 29, 114003 (2020)
• Characterization of volume and surface dielectric barrier discharges in N₂/O₂ mixtures using optical emission spectroscopy
  F. Kogelheide, B. Offerhaus, N. Bibinov, P. Krajinski, L. Schücke, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Process. Polym. e1900126 (2019)
• Determination of NO densities in a surface dielectric barrier discharge using optical emission spectroscopy
  B. Offerhaus, F. Kogelheide, D. Jalat, N. Bibinov, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  J. Phys. Appl. Phys. 126, 193301 (2019)
• Spatio temporal analysis of the electron power absorption in electropositive capacitive RF plasmas based on moments of the Boltzmann equation
  J. Schulze, Z. Donkó, T. Lafleur, S. Wilczek, R.P. Brinkmann
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27, 055010 (2018)

Thesis

• Ryan Thomas Nguyen-Smith, PhD thesis - 12/2022
  From ns- to ms-pulses – influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges
• Florian Beckfeld, Bachelor thesis - 04/2019
  Measurement of high voltage signals and evaluation of different probing methods on a surface dielectric barrier discharg
• Lukas Bielzer, Bachelor thesis - 12/2020
  Optische Emissions Spektroskopie von Nanosekunden gepulsten Oberflächen behinderten Entladungen

Further reading

• Phase resolved analysis of the homogeneity of a diffuse dielectric barrier discharge,
  S. Baldus, F. Kogelheide, N. Bibinov, K. Stapelmann, and P. Awakowicz,
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48 375202 (2015)