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 …

The direct upgrading of methane to higher hydrocarbons via plasma-catalysis has received
particular attention due to the high valorisation potential of the molecule and methane's wide …

The present work reports on the effects of controlled non-equilibrium excitation of reactant
molecules on low temperature H 2/O 2/He ignition by numerically modeling a hybrid …

For the past couple of decades, electrical discharges (or plasmas) have been widely
investigated in pursuit of the advancement in combustion and fuel reforming. Particularly …

Non-thermal plasma discharges are considered as an assisted method for supporting
conventional thermal processes, because the discharge-generated radicals can be used to …

Plasma can be used to enhance the reactivity of combustible mixtures at low temperatures.
In this article, the chemical pathways predicted by three different reaction mechanisms are …

The ignition of methane/air and ethylene/air mixtures by nanosecond pulsed discharges
(NSPD) is investigated numerically using a zero-dimensional isochoric adiabatic reactor. A …

Hybrid plasmas, sustained by a repetitive ns pulse discharge and a sub-breakdown RF
waveform in N 2 and its mixtures with H 2, CO, and CO 2, are studied using laser diagnostics …

Chemical kinetics of plasma assisted oxidation of dimethyl ether was investigated by
photoionization molecular beam mass spectrometry (PI-MBMS) and kinetic modeling. A …

Time-resolved, absolute HO 2 number density in diluted H 2 single bondO 2-Ar, CH 4 single
bondO 2-Ar, and C 2 H 4 single bondO 2-Ar mixtures excited by a repetitive ns pulse …