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 …

Discharge effect on the negative temperature coefficient behaviour and multistage ignition in C3H8-air mixture

EA Filimonova - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
It has been first shown by modelling that the discharge does not suppress but stimulates the
development and increases the intensity of cool flame. It sharply reduces the delay time of …

Surface charge dynamics and OH and H number density distributions in near-surface nanosecond pulse discharges at a liquid/vapor interface

C Winters, V Petrishchev, Z Yin… - Journal of Physics D …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The present work provides insight into surface charge dynamics and kinetics of radical
species reactions in nanosecond pulse discharges sustained at a liquid-vapor interface …

OH radical kinetics in hydrogen-air mixtures at the conditions of strong vibrational nonequilibrium

C Winters, YC Hung, E Jans, Z Eckert… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents results of time-resolved, absolute measurements of OH number density,
nitrogen vibrational temperature, and translational-rotational temperature in air and lean …

High-pressure nanosecond discharges for plasma-assisted combustion

S Starikovskaia - 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
High voltage pulsed nanosecond discharge can be an efficient tool for ignition of
combustible mixtures, allowing significantly, by a few orders of magnitude, decrease the …

Kinetics and Chemistry of Ionization Wave Discharges Propagating Over Dielectric Surfaces

V Petrishchev - 2016 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Experimental studies of near-surface ionization wave electric discharges generated by high
peak voltage (20-30 kV), nanosecond duration pulses (full width at half-maximum 50-100 …

Measurements and kinetic modeling of OH and H number densities in nanosecond pulse discharges in CxHy-O2-Ar and CxHy-air mixtures

C Winters, A Chernukho, Z Eckert… - 54th AIAA Aerospace …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
This work presents the results of temperature measurements and absolute, time-resolved
number density measurements of excited metastable Ar atoms and OH radicals in mixtures …