不同类型多级等离子体激励器诱导气流的力学特性研究

等离子体激励器通过产生的等离子加速气流,可以实现对流动的控制。单级等离子体激励器由于受到等离子体放电的物理限制,其控制作用较小;为了提高等离子体流动控制的效果,关于多级等离子体激励器的研究得到发展。采用图像采集和粒子示踪测速系统(PIV),对传统多级等离子体激励器和多级双极性等离子体激励器的放电现象以及气流加速进行研究,并通过流场速度分布计算等离子体激励器对空气产生的推力和吸力。结果表明:随着电压的升高,传统多级等离子体激励器产生的推力和吸力会逐渐减弱;而多级双极性等离子体激励器产生的推力和吸力均呈逐渐增强的趋势。

Experimental investigation of the acceleration of quiescent air by using bipolar plasma actuator

Plasma actuators can be used in flow control applications due to the accelerated airflow transfer from plasma to fluid. Due to geometry limitation, however, only small trust can be obtained by DBD plasma actuators, which limits its application in large-scale flow problems. Usually, several surface DBDs are combined in series to obtain a single multistage actuation surface. However, the reverse discharge between successive discharges limits the effectiveness of such multi-DBD actuators. In this paper, a new multi-bipolar DBD plasma actuator is proposed for large-scale flow control applications. An innovative method for constructing multiple plasma actuators of bipolar electrodes is introduced to enhance the thrust. Multi-bipolar electrodes are adopted with the electrode of former covered electrode and later exposed electrode connected together. To validate the proposed method, particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiments are performed. The results show that the multi-bipolar actuator electrode plate is not affected by reverse discharge. The adsorption of the atmosphere and the control effect is obvious.