Influence of SDBD plasma aerodynamic actuation on flow control by AC power supply and AC-DC power supply

In this paper, the excitation effect of single dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator (SDBD) is compared by using AC power supply and AC-DC power supply. AC-DC power supply is based on the AC power supply, just adding DC component. The flow measurement is carried out by PIV technique. Results show that the excitation effect of AC power supply and AC-DC power supply increases by the increase of voltage, the range of speed field excited by AC power is greater than that of AC-DC power supply. For x direction maximum speed, excited by AC power supply is close to AC-DC, and for y direction maximum speed, AC power supply is greater than AC-DC power supply. So the excitation effect of AC power supply is better than that of AC-DC power supply for SDBD.