Analysis and Simulation of Dielectric Barrier Discharge and Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) are the most prospective low-temperature plasma technology in industrial application. But they represent nonlinear capacitive type loads, which are rather difficult for designing the inverter. The analysis and simulation of them are done in this paper. Images of discharge properties are presented and discussed. Point out that the discharge current increases as the frequency of input voltage increases, but the relationships of Ug, Ud and U don’t change. Simulated and measured results are used to verify the theoretical analysis.