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 …

Atmospheric pressure discharge filaments and microplasmas: physics, chemistry and diagnostics

P Bruggeman, R Brandenburg - Journal of physics D: applied …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This review summarizes the state of the art of plasma diagnostics on atmospheric pressure
plasmas formed at characteristic length scales of approximately 1 mm or smaller and …

Suppression of combustion mode transitions in a hydrogen-fueled scramjet combustor by a multi-channel gliding arc plasma

R Feng, J Zhu, Z Wang, F Zhang, Y Ban, G Zhao… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A multi-channel gliding arc (MCGA) plasma was utilized to suppress combustion mode
transition in a hydrogen-fueled cavity-based scramjet combustor with an inflow speed of …

Optical diagnostics of reactive species in atmospheric-pressure nonthermal plasma

R Ono - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews optical measurements of reactive species in atmospheric-pressure
nonthermal plasmas: streamer discharge, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), plasma jet, and …

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 …

Dynamic response of a weakly turbulent lean-premixed flame to nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges

DA Lacoste, DA Xu, JP Moeck, CO Laux - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report on an experimental study of the temporal response of a 2-kW bluff-body stabilized
weakly turbulent lean-premixed propane–air flame when applying Nanosecond Repetitively …

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 …

Recent advances in ultrafast-laser-based spectroscopy and imaging for reacting plasmas and flames

AK Patnaik, I Adamovich, JR Gord… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Reacting flows and plasmas are prevalent in a wide array of systems involving defense,
commercial, space, energy, medical, and consumer products. Understanding the complex …

Kinetic mechanism of molecular energy transfer and chemical reactions in low-temperature air-fuel plasmas

IV Adamovich, T Li, WR Lempert - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This work describes the kinetic mechanism of coupled molecular energy transfer and
chemical reactions in low-temperature air, H2–air and hydrocarbon–air plasmas sustained …

Influence of fast-heating processes and O atom production by a nanosecond spark discharge on the ignition of a lean H2–air premixed flame

F Tholin, DA Lacoste, A Bourdon - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents 2D simulations of the ignition of a lean premixed H 2–air flame by a
nanosecond spark discharge between two-point electrodes at atmospheric pressure and at …