抄録
Electrostatic discharge occurring between a large-scale charged particle cloud and a grounded spherical electrode was investigated. The charged particle cloud was formed by the cloud generators consisting of a blower and a corona charger. To cause electrostatic discharges between the cloud and a grounded electrode with reproducibility, the grounded spherical electrode with 100 or 125 mm in diameter was set at the outside of the cloud. The charge quantity in a charged particle cloud affected the number of discharges, discharge current and charge quantity. Under the condition of applied voltage to the corona charger of 19 kV, peak value of discharge current for the electrode of 100 and 125 mm diameter was 3.0 and 4.8 A and the charge quantities neutralized in a single discharge was 1.9 and 2.4 μC, respectively. The peak current depends strongly on the diameter of the spherical electrode.
