2015-01-01
Comparing plasma fluid models of different order for 1D streamer ionization fronts
Publication
Publication
Plasma Sources Science and Technology
,
Volume 24
p. 1-
13
We evaluate the performance of three plasma fluid models: the first order
reaction-drift-diffusion model based on the local field approximation; the second order
reaction-drift-diffusion model based on the local energy approximation and a recently
developed high order fluid model by Dujko et al (2013 J. Phys. D 46 475202) We first review
the fluid models: we briefly discuss their derivation, their underlying assumptions and the
type of transport data they require. Then we compare these models to a particle-in-cell/Monte
Carlo (PIC/MC) code, using a 1D test problem. The tests are performed in neon and nitrogen
at standard temperature and pressure, over a wide range of reduced electric fields. For the fluid
models, transport data generated by a multi-term Boltzmann solver are used. We analyze the
observed differences in the model predictions and address some of the practical aspects when
using these plasma fluid models.
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Keywords | streamer discharges, modeling, convection diffusion reaction, high order model, particle in cell, Monte Carlo |
THEME | Energy (theme 4) |
Publisher | IOP |
Persistent URL | dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/6/065002 |
Journal | Plasma Sources Science and Technology |
Citation |
Markosyan, A, Teunissen, H.J, Dujko, S, & Ebert, U. M. (2015). Comparing plasma fluid models of different order for 1D streamer ionization fronts. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, 1–13. doi:10.1088/0963-0252/24/6/065002
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