The atmosphere of Titan is constantly bombarded by galactic cosmic rays and Saturnian magnetospheric electrons causing the formation of free electrons and primary ions, which are then stabilized by ion cluster formation and charging of aerosols. These charged particles accumulate in drops in cloud regions of the troposphere. Their abundance can substantially increase by friction, fragmentation ...

The object of the present work was to design, construct and evaluate a cylindrical tri-axial charger for charging of submicron aerosol particles by unipolar ions. The corona discharge characteristics, the intrinsic and extrinsic particle charging efficiencies, and the losses of aerosol particles were experimentally evaluated for particle diameters in the range between 50 nm and 500 nm under dif...

The avoidance by mammals and ground-nesting birds of habitat up to several kilometers from high-voltage power lines is a major consequence of infrastructure development in remote areas, but the behavior is perplexing because suspended cables are neither an impenetrable physical barrier nor associated with human traffic (e.g., Vistnes & Nellemann 2008; Pruett et al. 2009; Degteva & Nellemann 201...

this paper describes the impact of the distance and the size of the corona ring, on the magnitude anddistribution of electrical potential across the polymer insulators. the procedure is based on finiteelement method numerical analysis and stochastic optimization algorithm of differential evolution(de). the optimal selection of corona ring has a significant impact on the control of potential and...

The influence of low pressure on the surface potential decay of gamma irradiated polymer films of polypropylene (PP) and poly(ethylene terephtalate) (PET) were studied. Polymer film samples were subjected to integral irradiation doses (Ey = 1.25 MeV, Co source) of 5 kGy and 25 kGy accumulated in air at a dose rate of 0.26 Mrad/h. After irradiation, the samples were charged in a corona discharge...

The corona-charged fibrous electrets are dielectric materials exhibiting quasi-permanent electrical charge imparted by means of corona discharge process. The electrical charge in the electret fibrous materials has been utilized to capture hazardous particles from complex air streams. Air filters of this kind are widely used as respirators and face masks in personal protective equipments, dust c...

Wall-surface jet induced by the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) has been proposed as an actuator for active flow control in aerodynamic applications. Discharge plasma evolution of the DBD plasma actuator was simulated based on a simple fluid model, in which the electron, one type of positive ion and negative ion were taken into account. Two-dimensional simulation was conducted, and the resul...

A paper entitled “Body Image Formation Hypotheses Based on Corona Discharge” was presented at the Dallas Conference on the TS (Turin Shroud) in 2005 by G. Fanti, F. Lattarulo and O. Scheuermann. It contains hypotheses, experimental results and comments; however, some questions which came up during the discussions at the SSG (Shroud Science Group) level, led the author to write the present paper...