Review of Power Electronic Solutions for Dielectric Barrier Discharge Applications
For researchers and engineers designing DBD power supplies, this review provides a structured comparison of topologies and identifies gaps, but is incremental as it compiles existing knowledge.
This paper reviews DBD power supply topologies, linking DBD electrical models to power electronics design, and summarizes performance trade-offs for sinusoidal and pulsed power supplies.
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.