Influence of dielectric thickness and electrode structure on the ion wind generation by micro fabricated plasma actuators
Open Access
- 17 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 53 (40), 405201
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab96ea
Abstract
Surface dielectric barrier discharges are investigated in order to explore the combined effects of barrier thickness and microstructure of the exposed electrode on the ion wind generation. Actuators with straight and structured high voltage electrodes with characteristic sizes of 200 and 250 µm and dielectric thicknesses of 0.5, 1 and 2 mm are compared. It is observed that: i) actuator efficiency of ion wind generation strongly depends on the applied voltage amplitude; ii) operation voltage depends on the dielectric thickness logarithmically; iii) electrode microstructure slightly increases the dynamic pressure (few percent in maximum), however the effect decreases with thicker dielectrics and smaller electrode structures; iv) the pattern of the most intensive discharge parts as well as the dielectric erosion repeats the regular structure of the electrodes down to 200 µm. Several identical samples are tested during different days to estimate the impact of the air humidity and the degradation of the dielectric. The microscale precision of the sample manufacture was accomplished by a commercial facility for printed circuit boards.Funding Information
- Airbus
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