Acoustic Effects of Underwater Plasma Pulsed Sound Source under Different Electrical Parameters

Abstract

Abstract Methods of pulse discharge in water were studied under different voltage and conductivity parameters. The voltage and current data in the experiment were collected and analyzed. Then the mechanism of the two discharge modes was briefly discussed (the initial mechanism of the corona mode is still unclear compared to the thermal process mechanism of the arc mode). Finally, two kinds of discharge methods were compared and analyzed from the aspects of experimental phenomena, production mechanism and application prospects. The experiment found that the acoustic effect of corona discharge in water under large solution conductivity is obvious, which provides a new idea for the design of underwater plasma sound source.