Quasi-2D Finite Volume Modeling of Corona Discharges for Ionic Propulsion: Comparison of Reduced Reaction Schemes

<p>This work investigated the effects of different kinetic models on the results of corona discharge simulations of a wire-cylinder geometry. The considered dry air kinetic models are: a 6-species model from Parent et al. (<a title="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.11.029" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.11.029" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.11.029</a>), a Townsend-like model (<a title="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/30/4/017" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/30/4/017" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/30/4/017</a>) and the simple model proposed by Mateo-Velez et al. (<a title="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/3/035205" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/3/035205" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/3/035205</a>).</p>