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 …

Plasma-assisted ignition and combustion: nanosecond discharges and development of kinetic mechanisms

SM Starikovskaia - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This review covers the results obtained in the period 2006–2014 in the field of plasma-
assisted combustion, and in particular the results on ignition and combustion triggered or …

Dynamics of cool flames

Y Ju, CB Reuter, OR Yehia, TI Farouk… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cool flames play a critical role in ignition timing, burning rate, burning limits, engine
knocking, and emissions in conventional and advanced combustion engines. This paper …

Understanding cool flames and warm flames

Y Ju - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-temperature flames such as cool flames, warm flames, double flames, and auto-ignition
assisted flames play a critical role in the performance of advanced engines and fuel design …

A review of recent studies and emerging trends in plasma-assisted combustion of ammonia as an effective hydrogen carrier

ZA Shah, G Mehdi, PM Congedo, D Mazzeo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, ammonia is getting more attractive as a potential alternative fuel for future power
generation and transportation purposes due to its ability to reduce consumption of fossil …

Plasma assisted low temperature combustion

Y Ju, JK Lefkowitz, CB Reuter, SH Won, X Yang… - Plasma Chemistry and …, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents recent kinetic and flame studies in plasma assisted low temperature
combustion. First, the kinetic pathways of plasma chemistry to enhance low temperature fuel …

Kinetic studies of ozone assisted low temperature oxidation of dimethyl ether in a flow reactor using molecular-beam mass spectrometry

H Zhao, X Yang, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
The ozone assisted low temperature oxidation chemistry of dimethyl ether (DME) from 400 K
to 750 K has been investigated in the mixture of DME/O 3/O 2/He/Ar in an atmospheric …

Species and temperature measurements of methane oxidation in a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge

JK Lefkowitz, P Guo, A Rousso… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Speciation and temperature measurements of methane oxidation during a nanosecond
repetitively pulsed discharge in a low-temperature flow reactor have been performed …

Non-equilibrium plasma for ignition and combustion enhancement

S Starikovskaia, DA Lacoste, G Colonna - The European Physical Journal …, 2021 - Springer
This review is intended to give an overview of recent results on plasma-assisted ignition and
combustion. The influence of electrical discharges on combustion processes is introduced …

An exploration of inter-pulse coupling in nanosecond pulsed high frequency discharge ignition

JK Lefkowitz, T Ombrello - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
A parametric exploration of the dynamics of ignition using nanosecond pulsed high
frequency discharges (NPHFD) in flowing mixtures of methane and air is conducted to …