Title |
Effect of a Cylindrical Third Electrode of a Point-Plate Type Plasma Reactor on Corona Discharge and Ozone Generation Characteristics |
Authors |
문재덕(Moon, Jae-Duk) ; 정호준(Jung, Ho-Jun) ; 정재승(Jung, Jae-Seung) |
Keywords |
Point-plate type plasma reactor ; Cylindrical third electrode ; Third electrode height ; Corona discharge ; Ozone generation |
Abstract |
A point plate type nonthermal plasma reactor, with a grounded cylindrical third electrode which closely- encompasses the needle point, have been investigated with an emphasis on the role of the third electrode. It was found that the point plate airgap, with the grounded third electrode, had a switching characteristic on its I V characteristics for negative and positive discharges, which is very different from that of a conventional point plate airgap without a third electrode. The corona discharge and ozone generation characteristics of the plasma reactor with the grounded cylindrical third electrode, such as the corona onset voltage. the breakdown voltage. the corona current. and the amount of output ozone, were influenced significantly by the height of the third electrode. and these characteristics can be controlled by adjusting the height of the third electrode. |