Open AccessElectron swarm parameters of SF<sub>6</sub> under time varying electric fields
Author(s) -
A. Settaouti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of applied power engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-2624
pISSN - 2252-8792
DOI - 10.11591/ijape.v9.i1.pp6-11
Subject(s) - sulfur hexafluoride , electric field , swarm behaviour , electron , monte carlo method , plasma , dielectric , atomic physics , electric discharge in gases , electron density , physics , chemistry , computational physics , materials science , mathematics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , mathematical optimization , statistics
The electron swarm parameters in gases are necessary for the simulations of plasma processes. The sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) has enormous applications suitability, because of its excellent dielectric properties, it is a gas used extensively as an insulating gas in various electric devices. Consequently, we must dedicate a significant attention to studying the physical properties of this gas. An investigation has brought into effect on the electron swarms parameters in SF6 gas in time varying electric fields using a Monte Carlo simulation. Swarm parameters as a function of instantaneous E/N (E is the electric field and N the gas number density of background gas molecules) for different dE/dt are determined.