Review of cavity ignition in supersonic flows

Z Cai, T Wang, M Sun - Acta Astronautica, 2019 - Elsevier
The cavity-based flameholder is a promising device in supersonic combustion issues in a
scramjet engine and it also provides a favorable ignition environment inside the cavity owing …

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 …

Measurements of temperature and hydroxyl radical generation/decay in lean fuel–air mixtures excited by a repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge

Z Yin, A Montello, CD Carter, WR Lempert… - Combustion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
OH Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) and picosecond (ps), broadband Coherent Anti-
Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS) are used for time-resolved temperature and time …

In situ species diagnostics and kinetic study of plasma activated ethylene dissociation and oxidation in a low temperature flow reactor

JK Lefkowitz, M Uddi, BC Windom, G Lou… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - Elsevier
In situ measurements by mid-IR laser absorption spectroscopy of C 2 H 4/Ar dissociation
and C 2 H 4/O 2/Ar oxidation activated by a nanosecond repetitively pulsed plasma have …

OH radical and temperature measurements during ignition of H2-air mixtures excited by a repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge

Z Yin, IV Adamovich, WR Lempert - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ignition delay time, time-resolved temperature, and time-resolved absolute OH concentration
are measured in mildly preheated H2–air mixtures (T= 473–500K), excited by a repetitive …

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 …

Enhancement of the lean stability and blow-off limits of methane-air swirl flames at elevated pressures by nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges

F Di Sabatino, DA Lacoste - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper examines the ability of nanosecond repetitively pulsed (NRP) plasma discharges
to improve stabilization and extend the blow-off limit of lean premixed methane-air swirl …

Actuation efficiency of nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges for plasma-assisted swirl flames at pressures up to 3 bar

F Di Sabatino, TF Guiberti, JP Moeck… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This study analyzes different strategies of plasma actuation of premixed swirl flames at
pressures up to 3 bar. A wide range of applied voltages and pulse repetition frequencies …

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 …

Plasma-assisted combustion of hydrogen swirling flames: Extension of lean blowout limit and NOx emissions

JB Perrin-Terrin, N Vaysse, D Durox, R Vicquelin… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
A key challenge in the use of hydrogen in practical combustors is to stabilize the flame at
equivalence ratios close and even below the LBO limit. Plasma-Assisted Combustion (PAC) …