[en] A surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) can discharge at atmospheric pressure and produce a large area of low-temperature plasma. An SDBD plasma reactor based on the double spiral structure is introduced in this paper. To study the discharge mechanism of SDBD, an equivalent circuit model was proposed based on the analysis of the micro-discharge process of SDBD. Matlab/Simulink is used to simulate and compare the voltage–current waves, Lissajous and discharge power with the experimental results. The consistency of the results verifies the validity of the SDBD equivalent circuit model. Maxwell software based on the finite elements method is used to analyze the electrostatic field distribution of the device, which can better explain the relationship between the discharge image and the electrostatic field distribution. The combination of equivalent circuit simulation and electrostatic field simulation can provide better guidance for optimizing a plasma generator. Finally, the device is used to treat PM2.5 and formaldehyde. The test results show that the degradation rate of PM2.5 can reach 78% after 24 min, and formaldehyde is about 31.5% after 10 min of plasma treatment. (paper)

[en] A kind of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) device composed of water electrodes with 3 × 3 forms can produce large-area low-temperature plasmas at atmospheric pressure. To reflect the discharge characteristics of DBD better, a dynamic simulation model, which is based on the voltage controlled current source (CCS), is established, then the established model in Matlab/Simulink is used to simulate the DBD in air. The voltage–current waves and Lissajous at a voltage of 10 kV, 11 kV and 12 kV peak value with a frequency of 15 kHz are studied. The change of the discharge power of DBD with a different amplitude and frequency of applied voltage is also analyzed. The result shows the voltage–current waves, Lissajous and discharge power of DBD under different conditions from the simulation agree well with those of the experiment. In addition, we propose a method to calculate the dielectric barrier capacitance $C_{\mathrm{d}}$ and the gap capacitance $C_{\mathrm{g}},$ which is valid through analyzing the variation of capacitance at different voltage amplitudes. (paper)