Denis N. Sidorov¹, Alexander V. Sinitsyn², Omar D. Toledo Leguizam´on² , Liguo Wang³

¹ Melentiev Energy Systems Institute SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russian Federation 

² Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot´a, Colombia

³ Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China 

The paper focuses on the stationary self-consistent problem of magnetic insulation for a vacuum diode with space-charge limitation, described by a singularly perturbed Vlasov-Maxwell system of dimension 1.5. The case of insulated diode when the electrons are deflected back towards the cathode at the point 𝑥* is considered. First, the initial VM system is reduced to the nonlinear singular limit system of ODEs for the potentials of electric and magnetic fields. The second step deals with the limit system’s reduction to the new nonlinear singular ODE equation for effective potential 𝜃(𝑥). The existence of non-negative solutions is proved for the last equation on the interval [0, 𝑥* ) where 𝜃(𝑥) > 0. The most interesting and unexplored case takes place if 𝜃(𝑥) < 0 on the interval (𝑥*, 1] and such case corresponds to the case of an insulated diode. For the first time, a numerical analysis of complex bifurcation of solutions in insulated diode is considered for 𝜃(𝑥) < 0 depending on parameters and boundary conditions. Bifurcation diagrams of the dependence of solution 𝜃(𝑥) on a free point (free boundary) 𝑥* were constructed. Insulated diode spacing is found. These results could lead to more efficient and effective magnetically insulated diodes in future power conversion systems.

Denis N. Sidorov, Dr. Sci. (Phys.–Math.), Prof. RAS, Melentiev Energy Systems Institute SB RAS, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation, dsidorov@isem.irk.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3131-1325 

Alexander V. Sinitsyn, Dr. Sci. (Phys.–Math.), Prof. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot´a, Colombia, avsinitsyn@unal.edu.co 

Omar D. T. Leguizam´on, PhD student Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot´a, Colombia, otoledo@unal.edu.co 

Liguo Wang, PhD (ElecEng), Prof. Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, wlg2001@hit.edu.cn

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