Combustion, chemistry, and carbon neutrality

K Kohse-Höinghaus - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combustion is a reactive oxidation process that releases energy bound in chemical
compounds used as fuels─ energy that is needed for power generation, transportation …

Flames with plasmas

DA Lacoste - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-equilibrium plasma discharges can create a favorable environment for combustion
processes, at low energy cost.“How favorable?” and “How low?” are two open questions that …

A phenomenological model for plasma-assisted combustion with NRP discharges in methane-air mixtures: PACMIND

N Barléon, L Cheng, B Cuenot, O Vermorel - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent advances in plasma-assisted combustion must now be strengthened through
high-fidelity numerical simulations. However, detailed plasma-combustion coupled …

Large eddy simulation of plasma assisted ignition: Effects of pulse repetition frequency, number of pulses, and pulse energy

TS Taneja, T Ombrello, J Lefkowitz, S Yang - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
The impacts of the pulse repetition frequency (PRF), number of pulses, and energy per pulse
in a train of nanosecond discharge pulses on the ignition of a flowing lean premixed …

Plasma assisted combustion of methane-air mixtures: Validation and reduction

L Cheng, N Barleon, B Cuenot, O Vermorel… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
For several years now plasma assisted combustion has been the subject of intense research
due to stabilization effects a plasma can have on flames. Particularly, experiments have …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of plasma assisted combustion in a sequential combustor

Q Malé, S Shcherbanev, N Noiray - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The effects of Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed Discharges (NRPDs) on the second
stage flame of a sequential combustor is investigated using numerical tools supported by …

On the ignition kernel formation and propagation: an experimental and modeling approach

J Shaffer, S Luna, W Wang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The next generation of advanced combustion devices is being developed to operate under
ultra-high-pressure conditions. However, under such extreme conditions, flame tends to …

[HTML][HTML] Large-Eddy Simulation of swirled flame stabilisation using NRP discharges at atmospheric pressure

N Barléon, B Cuenot, O Vermorel - Applications in Energy and Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the use of Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed (NRP) discharges is investigated
numerically to improve the stabilisation of the flame in a swirl burner. The studied …

Laser ablation plasma expansion using microwaves

Y Ikeda, JK Soriano, H Ohba, I Wakaida - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study explores the potential of utilizing microwaves to sustain the expansion of transient
laser ablation plasma of Zr target. By application of microwaves on the plasma, we observe …

Effect of plasma-flow coupling on the ignition enhancement with non-equilibrium plasma in a sequential combustor

SA Shcherbanev, Q Malé, B Dharmaputra… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of the regime of nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges (NRPDs) on ignition
and stabilization of a natural-gas/hydrogen/air flame in the sequential stage of a lab-scale …