Advances in plasma-assisted ignition and combustion for combustors of aerospace engines

M Li, Z Wang, R Xu, X Zhang, Z Chen… - Aerospace Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The improvement of the ignition and combustion performance of aerospace engines under
extreme conditions such as high altitude, low temperature, low pressure, and high speed is …

Kinetic effects of non-equilibrium plasma-assisted methane oxidation on diffusion flame extinction limits

W Sun, M Uddi, SH Won, T Ombrello, C Carter… - Combustion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The kinetic effects of low temperature non-equilibrium plasma assisted CH4 oxidation on the
extinction of partially premixed methane flames was studied at 60Torr by blending 2% CH4 …

High voltage nanosecond pulser with variable pulse width and pulse repetition frequency

JR Prager, TM Ziemba, KE Miller… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A nanosecond pulser is disclosed. In some embodiments, the nanosecond pulser may
include one or more switch circuits including one or more solid state switches, a transformer …

High voltage nanosecond pulser

KE Miller, T Ziemba - US Patent 9,960,763, 2018 - Google Patents
A nanosecond pulser may include a plurality of switch modules, a transformer, and an
output. Each of the plurality of switch modules may include one or more solid state switches …

High voltage resistive output stage circuit

TM Ziemba, KE Miller, JR Prager… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments include a high voltage, high frequency switching circuit. The switching
circuit may include a high voltage switching power supply that produces pulses having a …

Transformer resonant converter

KE Miller, JR Prager, TM Ziemba… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Some embodiments may include a nanosecond pulser com prising a plurality of solid state
switches; a transformer having a stray inductance, L?, a stray capacitance, Cs, and a turn …

High voltage nanosecond pulser with variable pulse width and pulse repetition frequency

JR Prager, TM Ziemba, KE Miller… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A nanosecond pulser is disclosed. In some embodiments, the nanosecond pulser may
include one or more switch circuits including one or more solid state switches, a transformer …

Nanosecond pulser pulse generation

T Ziemba, I Slobodov, J Carscadden, K Miller… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Some embodiments include a high voltage pulsing power supply. A high voltage pulsing
power supply may include: a high voltage pulser having an output that provides pulses with …

High frequency, repetitive, compact toroid-generation for radiation production

T Ziemba, KE Miller, JG Carscadden, J Prager… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are discussed to create radiation from one or more compact
toroids. Compact toroids can be created from plasma of gases within a confinement …

Low pressure dielectric barrier discharge plasma thruster

TM Ziemba, JR Prager, JG Carscadden… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Some embodiments of the invention include a thruster system comprising a thruster and a
pulsing pov supply. The thruster may include a gas inlet port; a plasma jet outlet; and a first …