Simulation of streamer discharges across solid dielectric surfaces using the open-source fenics platform

Wong, T. and Timoshkin, I. and MacGregor, S. and Wilson, M. and Given, M.; (2022) Simulation of streamer discharges across solid dielectric surfaces using the open-source fenics platform. In: 2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2021. IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference . IEEE, USA. ISBN 9781665433471 (https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733158)

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Abstract

Modelling the development of streamer discharges across gas-solid dielectric interfaces is of increasing importance to the power and pulsed power industries. Deeper understanding of the dynamics and morphology of fast ionisation fronts in gases and at gas-solid interfaces underpins insulation coordination and optimization in high voltage power and pulsed power systems. However, many physical mechanisms behind gas-solid flashover remain to be fully understood. In this work, an adaptive mesh drift diffusion solver implemented on the open-source finite element framework FEniCS is used to perform computational streamer modelling across gas-solid interfaces. In this study, we verify our implementation by performing studies under a published configuration of a positive streamer initiating and propagating along a flat dielectric surface in a 2D domain. FEniCS is proved fully capable of performing streamer simulations in complex gas-solid topologies, with our results providing further evidence of accelerated surface streamers and other observed effects under various initial seed positions, surface permittivity, and applied voltage magnitudes.

ORCID iDs

Wong, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6525-814X, Timoshkin, I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-9003, MacGregor, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-585X, Wilson, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-8541 and Given, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-2486;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:80047
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 March 2022
    Published
    16 December 2021
    Published Online
    28 February 2021
    Accepted
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:01 Apr 2022 13:29
    Last modified:12 Oct 2024 17:26
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/80047
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