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access icon openaccess Formation mechanism of streamer discharges in liquids: a review

  • Author(s): Anbang Sun 1, 2 ; Chao Huo 3 ; Jie Zhuang 1
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    • Affiliations: 1: Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany ;
      2: State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China ;
      3: Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, People's Republic of China
  • Source: Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2016, p. 74 – 80
    DOI:  10.1049/hve.2016.0016 , Online ISSN 2397-7264
This is an open access article published by the IET and CEPRI under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Received 23/05/2016, Accepted 02/06/2016, Revised 01/06/2016, Published 01/07/2016

Streamer discharges in liquids have received lots of attention with respect to their considerable applications in various disciplines. Much effort has been spent to understand the basis of streamer ignition and propagation in dielectric liquids, but a comprehensive mechanism is far from conclusive. In this review, based on an introduction to the streamer physics and experimentally observed characteristics in various liquids, the authors emphasise on the current status of streamer discharge ignition mechanisms and present their understanding for each theory.

Inspec keywords: dielectric liquids; ignition; discharges (electric)

Other keywords: streamer discharge formation mechanism; streamer discharge ignition mechanism; streamer propagation; dielectric liquids

Subjects: Dielectric breakdown and discharges

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