Two Typical Charge Transportation Characteristics in Nanosecond-Pulse Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge

Charge transportation expressed as a Lissajous figure usually is a standard method for the analysis of discharge power and energy in surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD). In this paper, the charge transportation characteristics under different parameters of power supply and actuator configurations are investigated, and the mechanisms of two typical Lissajous figures are discussed theoretically. Experimental results show that when the plasma distribution is quasi-diffuse mode, the Lissajous figure is almond shape correspondingly, while the plasma distribution looks like separated-channel mode, the Lissajous figure presents a parallelogram shape. Based on an improved time-varying lumped-element circuit model, two equivalent circuits of SDBD under two plasma distributions are built, and the Lissajous figures are calculated theoretically. Calculations and analysis results indicate that the two kinds of Lissajous figures under different plasma distribution modes are due to the current pulse durations and equivalent dielectric capacitances caused by plasma distributions acting together. The protrusions of Lissajous figures are caused by the current narrow pulses in the characteristics of separated-channel mode, while Lissajous figures under quasi-diffuse mode have no protrusions.