One model of electric conduction and electric field distributions in a liquid insulator

The electric properties of the liquid insulator have been studied in this work. We have described the time-dependent model of the conduction processes in the liquid insulator under high voltages. Our model is a generalization of the Frenkel conduction model. (The last deals only with stationary conduction processes). Calculation of the electric field has also been made for two types of problems: (1) the external electric field applied to a liquid, is created by plane electrodes. (2) A spherical electrode of a small size creates it. The electrodes are assumed to be under constant high voltage. There is no electron emission or ion injection from the electrodes. But the field intensity influences on the molecular dissociation rate, and this fact has been taken into account. We have shown that the space charge, which arises under conditions mentioned above gives rise to changes in the electric field distribution. The model on hand is also used for calculating the hydrodynamic phenomena under high non-uniform electric field intensities. It has also been shown that the velocity of the strong EHD flows is proportional to the value of direct current or the squared value of applied voltage.