Dynamics of Ion Concentration in Air Affected by Applied DC Electric Field and Humidity
Paper in proceeding, 2018
Results of the measurements of air ion concentrations performed under different conditions including various sources of ions (natural factors and external corona discharge), applied DC electric fields and relative humidity of air are reported. It is shown that ion concentrations correlate with radon activity at zero field and a strong sweep out effect is observed due to the applied field. It is noticed that an increase of air humidity leads to a significant increase of the amount of negative ions in air. Possible reasons for the observed effects are discussed.
radon concentration
ion drift
air ions
electric field
air humidity
Author
Anders Mikiver
Joachim Schiessling
ABB
Yuriy Serdyuk
Power grids and Components
Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP
00849162 (ISSN)
Vol. 2018-October 207-210 8544836978-1-5386-6192-5 (ISBN)
IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena
Cancun, Mexico,
Cancun, Mexico,
Areas of Advance
Energy
Subject Categories
Environmental Sciences
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/CEIDP.2018.8544836