Electrostatic Analyses for a System Constituted by an Insulating Disk Whose One Plane Surface is Charged and Which is Backed by a Concentric Earthed Metal Disk Smaller Than the Insulating Disk Itself and an Earthed Sphere Approaching the Charged Surface of the Insulating Disk, and Its Application to the Case of a Typical Oxygen Regulator

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.31237/osf.io/qc5ps ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Nirmalya Basu

Keyword(s):

Electric Field ◽

Plane Surface ◽

Dust Particles ◽

Charged Dust ◽

Potential Candidate ◽

Charged Surface ◽

Electrostatic Discharges ◽

Valve Stem ◽

Metal Disk ◽

Metal Diaphragm

There is a proposition that the possible occurrence of electrostatic discharges inside an oxygen regulator between charged insulating components, such as diaphragms, and earthed metal components, such as the valve stem, could be a potential candidate responsible for oxygen regulator fires. In this paper, the electric field which might be produced at the tip of the valve stem due to charge produced on the diaphragm of a typical oxygen regulator by deposition of charged dust particles or by their impact on the diaphragm or both has been evaluated. The diaphragm, in many cases, is backed partially by a concentric earthed metal disk. The diaphragm has been modelled as an insulating disk. The tip of the valve stem has been modelled as an earthed sphere which is very small compared to the insulating disk and the backing earthed metal disk. An analytical expression for the electric field produced at the point of the sphere nearest to the charged surface of the insulator has been derived. Our expression takes into account not only the effect of the charge on the insulating disk, but also that due to the presence of the backing earthed metal disk. Results for the magnitude of this electric field have been computed for the case of a sample oxygen regulator. An expression for the critical charge density on the surface of the insulating disk has been derived, and its value has been obtained for the case of our sample oxygen regulator. The electric field inside the non-metal diaphragm has also been evaluated. It appears from our analyses that there is a possibility that an electrostatic discharge might occur inside an oxygen regulator, and with an enriched-oxygen atmosphere being present there, such a discharge could also lead to a fire incident.

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Simulations of two-stream instability in opposite polarity dusty plasmas

Journal of Plasma Physics ◽

10.1017/s0022377811000626 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 78 (3) ◽

pp. 211-224

Author(s):

S. ERIC CLARK ◽

M. ROSENBERG ◽

K. QUEST

Keyword(s):

Electric Field ◽

Dusty Plasma ◽

Electric Fields ◽

Dusty Plasmas ◽

Linear Instability ◽

Dust Particles ◽

Charged Dust ◽

Collision Rate ◽

Dust Trapping ◽

Nonlinear Development

AbstractOne-dimensional Particle in Cell simulations of a dust–dust counterstreaming instability in a plasma containing dust grains of opposite charge polarity are presented. This dust–dust instability has potentially the lowest threshold drift for a dust wave instability in an unmagnetized dusty plasma. The linear and nonlinear development of this instability is investigated, including the effects of collisions with background neutrals, and a background electric field that acts as a driver to impart the drift velocities of the counter-streaming oppositely charged dust particles. The saturation of the linear instability appears to be due to dust heating related to dust trapping. Potential double layer formation from dust–dust instability turbulence is observed in cases with a high neutral collision rate. A comparative study is done with varying collision rates and background electric fields to explore the nonlinear development as a function of collision rate and background electric field. Applications to possible dusty plasma experimental parameters are discussed.

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Plasma Parameters around a Chain-Like Structure of Dust Particles in an External Electric Field

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26133846 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (13) ◽

pp. 3846

Author(s):

Mikhail Salnikov ◽

Alexander Fedoseev ◽

Gennadiy Sukhinin

Keyword(s):

Electric Field ◽

External Electric Field ◽

Electric Potential ◽

Mean Free Path ◽

The Self ◽

Dust Particles ◽

Charged Dust ◽

Plasma Parameters ◽

Self Consistent ◽

A Chain

The formation of a 1D chain-like structure of dust particles in a low-temperature argon plasma was studied. A new numerical model for calculation of the self-consistent spatial distribution of plasma parameters around a chain of dust particles was presented. The model described the motion of positively charged ions in the electric potential of several negatively charged dust particles, taking into account the action of an external electric field. The main advantage of the model was that the charges of the dust particles and the interparticle distances were determined self-consistently. As a result of numerical simulations, the dependencies of the spatial distributions of the plasma parameters (the densities of electrons and ions and the self-consistent electric potential) near the dust particles chain on the strength of the external electric field, an external force acted on the last particle, and the mean free path of the ions was determined. The obtained results made it possible to describe the process of the formation of chain-like structures of dust particles in discharge plasma.

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Antiprobcotron magnetic trap for charged dust particles in space experiments

Space engineering and technology ◽

10.33950/spacetech-2308-7625-2019-3-20-29 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 20-29

Author(s):

Lev G. D’YACHKOV ◽

Mikhail M. VASILYEV ◽

Oleg F. PETROV ◽

Sergey F. SAVIN ◽

Igor V. CHURILO

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Trap ◽

Space Station ◽

Coulomb Systems ◽

Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field ◽

Dust Particles ◽

Charged Dust ◽

Magnetic Traps ◽

Space Experiments ◽

Microgravity Conditions ◽

New Space

We discuss the possibility of using static magnetic traps as an alternative to electrostatic traps for forming and confining structures of charged dust particles in a gas discharge plasma in the context of our study of strongly interacting Coulomb systems. Some advantages of confining structures in magnetic traps over electrostatic ones are shown. Also we provide a review of the related researches carried out first in laboratory conditions, and then under microgravity conditions including the motivation of performing the experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The preparations of a new space experiment «Coulomb-magnet» as well as the differences of a new equipment from previously used are described. We proposed the main tasks of the new experiment as a study of the dynamics and structure of active monodisperse and polydisperse macroparticles in an inhomogeneous magnetic field under microgravity conditions, including phase transitions and the evolution of such systems in the kinetic heating of dust particles by laser radiation. Key words: Coulomb structures, magnetic trap, antiprobotron, diamagnetic particles, dust particles, microgravity.

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A nonlinear optical switch induced by an external electric field: inorganic alkaline–earth alkalide

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c9ra02470k ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (29) ◽

pp. 16718-16728 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bo Li ◽

Daoling Peng ◽

Feng Long Gu ◽

Chaoyuan Zhu

Keyword(s):

Electric Field ◽

External Electric Field ◽

Nonlinear Optical ◽

Alkaline Earth ◽

Optical Switch ◽

Potential Candidate

The inorganic alkaline–earth alkalide M(NH3)6Na2 (M = Mg or Ca) can serve as a potential candidate for a nonlinear optical switch.

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A new method of inferring the size, number density, and charge of mesospheric dust from its in situ collection by the DUSTY probe

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ◽

10.5194/amt-12-1673-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 1673-1683 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ove Havnes ◽

Tarjei Antonsen ◽

Gerd Baumgarten ◽

Thomas W. Hartquist ◽

Alexander Biebricher ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Method ◽

Production Model ◽

Dust Particles ◽

Bottom Plate ◽

Charged Dust ◽

Fundamental Parameters ◽

Dust Charge ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

June July ◽

The Impact

Abstract. We present a new method of analyzing measurements of mesospheric dust made with DUSTY rocket-borne Faraday cup probes. It can yield the variation in fundamental dust parameters through a mesospheric cloud with an altitude resolution down to 10 cm or less if plasma probes give the plasma density variations with similar height resolution. A DUSTY probe was the first probe that unambiguously detected charged dust and aerosol particles in the Earth's mesosphere. DUSTY excluded the ambient plasma by various biased grids, which however allowed dust particles with radii above a few nanometers to enter, and it measured the flux of charged dust particles. The flux measurements directly yielded the total ambient dust charge density. We extend the analysis of DUSTY data by using the impact currents on its main grid and the bottom plate as before, together with a dust charging model and a secondary charge production model, to allow the determination of fundamental parameters, such as dust radius, charge number, and total dust density. We demonstrate the utility of the new analysis technique by considering observations made with the DUSTY probes during the MAXIDUSTY rocket campaign in June–July 2016 and comparing the results with those of other instruments (lidar and photometer) also used in the campaign. In the present version we have used monodisperse dust size distributions.

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Future lunar missions and investigation of dusty plasma processes on the Moon

Journal of Plasma Physics ◽

10.1017/s0022377813000214 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 79 (4) ◽

pp. 405-411 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

SERGEY I. POPEL ◽

LEV M. ZELENYI

Keyword(s):

Dusty Plasma ◽

Lunar Surface ◽

Dust Particles ◽

Maximum Height ◽

Charged Dust ◽

The Moon ◽

Plasma System ◽

Lunar Dust ◽

The Impact ◽

Dusty Plasma System

AbstractFrom the Apollo era of exploration, it was discovered that sunlight was scattered at the terminators giving rise to “horizon glow” and “streamers” above the lunar surface. Subsequent investigations have shown that the sunlight was most likely scattered by electrostatically charged dust grains originating from the surface. A renaissance is being observed currently in investigations of the Moon. The Luna-Glob and Luna-Resource missions (the latter jointly with India) are being prepared in Russia. Some of these missions will include investigations of lunar dust. Here we discuss the future experimental investigations of lunar dust within the missions of Luna-Glob and Luna-Resource. We consider the dusty plasma system over the lunar surface and determine the maximum height of dust rise. We describe mechanisms of formation of the dusty plasma system over the Moon and its main properties, determine distributions of electrons and dust over the lunar surface, and show a possibility of rising dust particles over the surface of the illuminated part of the Moon in the entire range of lunar latitudes. Finally, we discuss the effect of condensation of micrometeoriod substance during the expansion of the impact plume and show that this effect is important from the viewpoint of explanation of dust particle rise to high altitudes in addition to the dusty plasma effects.

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