This book highlights the latest progress in pulsed discharge plasmas presented by front-line researchers worldwide. The science and technology surrounding pulsed discharge plasmas is advanced through a wide scope of interdisciplinary studies into pulsed power and plasma physics. Pulsed discharge plasmas with high-power density, high E/N and high-energy electrons can effectively generate highly reactive plasma. Related applications have gathered strong interests in various fields. With contributions from global scientists, the book elaborates on the theories, numerical simulations, diagnostic methods, discharge characteristics and application technologies of pulsed discharge plasmas. The book is divided into three parts with a total of 35 chapters, including 11 chapters on pulsed discharge generation and mechanism, 12 chapters on pulsed discharge characterization and 12 chapters on pulsed discharge applications (wastewater treatments, biomedicine, surface modification, and energy conversion, etc). The book is a must-have reference for researchers and engineers in related fields and graduate students interested in the subject.
Part 1 Pulsed discharge characterization.
Chapter 1 Breakdown physics
on microscale and nanoscale gaps Allen L Garner.
Chapter 2 Diffuse
discharges formed in an inhomogeneous electric field due to runaway
electrons Victor F. Tarasenko.
Chapter 3 Non-linear interaction of
sub-nanosecond high-power microwave pulse with neutral gas and preliminary
formed plasma John Leopold, Yuiri Bliokh, Yan Cao and Yakov Kraisik.
Chapter
4 Key particles and chemical reactions of pulsed discharge plasma in gases
Xiaoyue Chen.
Chapter 5 Memory effects and evolution mechanisms of
repetitively pulsed streamer discharge Zheng Zhao.
Chapter 6 Numerical study
on plasma characteristics driven by pulsed voltages from microseconds to
nanoseconds Yuantao Zhang.
Chapter 7 Effect of pulsed power types on
spatio-temporal characteristics of helium dielectric barrier discharges at
atmospheric pressure Dong Dai.
Dr. Tao Shao
Dr. Tao Shao received his Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 2006. He is a Professor at both the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also takes the role of the Director in Plasma Science and Energy Conversion at Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation. His current research interests include high-voltage breakdown and insulation, gas discharge physics, and low temperature plasma applications. He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 51925703) in 2019, the IEEE-IPMHVC William Dunbar Award in 2018, and the Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship in 2015.
Cheng Zhang
Dr. Cheng Zhang received his Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 2011. He is a Professor in the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From2015 to 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar with the NonEquilibrium Thermodynamics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University, the USA. His current research interests include gas discharge and nonthermal applications. Dr. Zhang is the IET Fellow and IEEE Senior Member.
