Nanosecond surface dielectric barrier discharge in atmospheric pressure air: I. measurements and 2D modeling of morphology, propagation and hydrodynamic perturbations

A parallel 2D code for modeling nanosecond surface dielectric barrier discharge (nSDBD), combining a discharge description, detailed kinetics and hydrodynamics, is developed and validated. A series of experiments and numerical modeling for a single pulse nSDBD in atmospheric pressure air at a voltage amplitude of 24 kV have been performed. The measured and calculated velocity of the discharge front, electrical current, 2D map of N₂ () emission and hydrodynamic perturbations caused by the discharge on the time scale μs are compared. The data are presented and analyzed for the negative and positive polarity of the streamers. A set of parametric calculations with different dielectric permittivities and different dielectric thicknesses is presented.