Review of Power Electronic Solutions for Dielectric Barrier Discharge Applications

TL;DR

This paper reviews dielectric barrier discharge power supply topologies, focusing on their design considerations, performance trade-offs, and emerging applications to guide future high-performance DBD systems.

Contribution

It systematically analyzes DBD power supply categories, their performance, and highlights untested topologies and emerging applications for improved design.

Findings

Summarizes performance trade-offs of sinusoidal and pulsed power supplies.

Highlights untested topologies and emerging applications.

Provides guidance for next-generation DBD power supply design.

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive review of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) power supply topologies, aiming to bridge the gap between DBD applications and power electronics design. Two key aspects are examined: the dependence of the DBD electrical model on reactor geometry, and application-driven requirements for injected waveform characteristics, including shapes, voltage amplitude, frequency, and modulation techniques. On this basis, the paper systematically reviews two major categories of power supplies: sinusoidal types comprising transformerless and transformer-based resonant inverters, and pulsed power supplies (PPSs). The review summarizes performance trade-offs, highlights untested topologies and emerging applications, and offers guidance for advancing high-performance DBD power supply design for next-generation systems.