Plasma assisted combustion is a promising technology to improve engine performance,
increase lean burn flame stability, reduce emissions, and enhance low temperature fuel …

Reacting flows and plasmas are prevalent in a wide array of systems involving defense,
commercial, space, energy, medical, and consumer products. Understanding the complex …

Nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma jets (N-APPJs) generate plasma in open
space rather than in a confined chamber and can be utilized for applications in medicine …

Translational, rotational, vibrational and electron temperatures of a gliding arc discharge in
atmospheric pressure air were experimentally investigated using in situ, non-intrusive …

The key challenges to quantitative insight into fuel–air plasma kinetics, as well as plasma-
assisted ignition and flameholding, are identified and assessed based on the results of …

The present study seeks to explore the parametric effects of oxygen concentration, argon
dilution and plasma discharge frequency on pyrolytic and oxidative reaction pathways of n …

The high degree of vibrational excitation of O 2 ground state molecules recently observed in
inductively coupled plasma discharges is investigated experimentally in more detail and …

This work explores ignition in flowing mixtures of methane and air at 100 kPa and 295 K
initial temperature using a nanosecond-pulsed high-frequency discharge ignition source …

A plasma-combustion coupling mechanism is proposed and applied to the laser-induced
atmospheric-pressure ignition and combustion of a hydrogen jet as assisted by a dielectric …

Non-equilibrium plasmas derive their low temperature reactivity from producing and driving
energetic electrons and active species under large electric fields. Therefore, the impact of …