Plasma assisted combustion: Dynamics and chemistry

Y Ju, W Sun - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Plasma assisted combustion is a promising technology to improve engine performance,
increase lean burn flame stability, reduce emissions, and enhance low temperature fuel …

Multiscale modeling and general theory of non-equilibrium plasma-assisted ignition and combustion

S Yang, S Nagaraja, W Sun… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A self-consistent framework for modeling and simulations of plasma-assisted ignition and
combustion is established. In this framework, a'frozen electric field'modeling approach is …

Plasma assisted cavity flame ignition in supersonic flows

H Do, MA Cappelli, MG Mungal - Combustion and Flame, 2010 - Elsevier
A nanosecond pulsed plasma discharge located within a wall cavity is used to ignite jet
flames (hydrogen and ethylene) in supersonic crossflows. The nonequilibrium plasma is …

Plasma assisted flame ignition of supersonic flows over a flat wall

H Do, S Im, MA Cappelli, MG Mungal - Combustion and Flame, 2010 - Elsevier
A nanosecond pulsed plasma discharge located between two fuel jets is used to ignite and
hold jet flames in supersonic crossflows, without the use of additional devices (eg, cavities or …

Near-surface electrical discharge in supersonic airflow: properties and flow control

SB Leonov, DA Yarantsev - Journal of propulsion and power, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
RICH experience has been accumulated in using electrical discharges to control gas flows,
and a wealth of data have been received in model experiments and by way of numerical …

Multi-scale modelling of pulsed nanosecond dielectric barrier plasma discharges in plane-to-plane geometry

S Nagaraja, V Yang, I Adamovich - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
An integrated theoretical and numerical framework is developed to study the dynamics of
energy coupling, gas heating and generation of active species by repetitively pulsed …

Kinetics of ignition of saturated hydrocarbons by nonequilibrium plasma: C2H6-to C5H12-containing mixtures

IN Kosarev, NL Aleksandrov, SV Kindysheva… - Combustion and …, 2009 - Elsevier
The kinetics of ignition in CnH2n+ 2: O2: Ar mixtures for n= 2 to 5 has been studied
experimentally and numerically after a high-voltage nanosecond discharge. The ignition …

Simulation of the ignition of a methane-air mixture by a high-voltage nanosecond discharge

NL Aleksandrov, SV Kindysheva, EN Kukaev… - Plasma physics …, 2009 - Springer
The ignition dynamics of a CH 4: O 2: N 2: Ar= 1: 4: 15: 80 mixture by a high-voltage
nanosecond discharge is simulated numerically with allowance for experimental data on the …

Ignition of hydrogen–air mixtures using pulsed nanosecond dielectric barrier plasma discharges in plane-to-plane geometry

S Nagaraja, V Yang, Z Yin, I Adamovich - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Ignition of preheated (400–500 K) H 2–air mixtures at low pressures (80–100 torr)
excited by pulsed nanosecond dielectric barrier discharges is investigated through …

Experiments on electrically controlled flameholding on a plane wall in a supersonic airflow

S Leonov, D Yarantsev, C Carter - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
SOME key problems related to supersonic combustion and flame stabilization are difficult to
solve for the practical implementation of such a technology, especially in the case of …