Diego Felipe de Nóbrega dos Santos

Penteada University Campus , Floor 0, Office 0.65

diego.santos@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 018 / 5018

Publications

- Two-temperature modelling of ignition of high-current arc discharges on cold cathodes in atmospheric-pressure argon, D. F. N. Santos, M. D. Cunha, I. Stepanov and M. S. Benilov, XXXVI International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG 2023), 2025, 1

- Model of non-equilibrium near-cathode plasma layers for simulation of ignition of high-pressure arcs on cold refractory cathodes, D F N Santos and N A Almeida and L G Benilova and M S Benilov, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2024, 9

- LTE Modelling of a DC Arc Ignition on Cold Electrodes, O. Ojeda Mena, Y. Cressault, P. Teulet, J.-P. Gonnet, D. F. N. Santos, M. D. Cunha and M. S. Benilov, XXIII International Conference on Gas Discharges and their Applications, 2023, 4

- Numerical investigation of AC arc ignition on cold electrodes in atmospheric-pressure argon, D F N Santos, M Lisnyak, N A Almeida, L G Benilova and M S Benilov, 1361-6463, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2021, 19

- Simulating changes in shape of thermionic cathodes during operation of high-pressure arc discharges, M. D. Cunha, H. T. C. Kaufmann, D. F. N. Santos and M. S. Benilov, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2019, 11

- Simulation of pre-breakdown discharges in high-pressure air. I: The model and its application to corona inception, N G C Ferreira, D F N Santos, P G C Almeida, G V Naidis, M S Benilov, 1361-6463, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2019, 10

- Simulation of pre-breakdown discharges in high-pressure air. I: The model and its application to corona inception, Ferreira, Nuno; Santos, Diego; Almeida, Pedro; Naidis, George; Benilov, Mikhai, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 2019, 10

- A coupled model of an LTE arc column and the cathode in high-pressure arc discharges, D. Santos, M. Lisnyak, M. D. Cunha, N. A. Almeida and M. S. Benilov, 22nd International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications, 2018, 4

- Bifurcations in the theory of current transfer to cathodes of DC discharges and observations of transitions between different modes, M. S. Bieniek, D. F. N. Santos, P. G. C. Almeida, M. S. Benilov, 1089-7674, Physics of Plasmas, 2018, 13

- Modelling positive glow corona in high-pressure air, N. G. C. Ferreira, D. Santos, P. G. C. Almeida, G. V. Naidis, M. S. Benilov, 24th Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases, 2018

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Automação e Instrumentação, 2017, Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia

- Master Degree in Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Redes de Energia, 2012, University of Madeira

- Undergraduate Degree in Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações, 2010, University of Madeira