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 …

Non-equilibrium plasma for ignition and combustion enhancement

S Starikovskaia, DA Lacoste, G Colonna - The European Physical Journal …, 2021 - Springer
This review is intended to give an overview of recent results on plasma-assisted ignition and
combustion. The influence of electrical discharges on combustion processes is introduced …

Experimental investigation of non-equilibrium plasma-assisted ammonia flames using NH2* chemiluminescence and OH planar laser-induced fluorescence

J Choe, W Sun - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of nano-second pulsed non-equilibrium plasma on
ammonia combustion in a model gas turbine combustor using NH 2* chemiluminescence …

Improvement of lean blow out performance of spray and premixed swirled flames using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges

G Vignat, N Minesi, PR Soundararajan, D Durox… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Plasma-Assisted Combustion (PAC) has shown potential in improving the ignition,
extinction, and dynamic performance of combustion systems. In this work, nanosecond …

[HTML][HTML] Application of emission spectroscopy in plasma-assisted NH3/air combustion using nanosecond pulsed discharge

J Sun, Y Bao, J Ravelid, S Nilsson, AA Konnov… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work investigates the effects of atmospheric-pressure nanosecond (ns) pulsed plasma
discharges on NH 3/air flames using optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Firstly, spatially …

Blowoff hysteresis, flame morphology and the effect of plasma in a swirling flow

J Choe, W Sun - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This study focuses on the effect of a nanosecond pulsed plasma on flame stabilization in a
model gas turbine dump combustor with an annular swirling flow. Contrary to the common …

[HTML][HTML] Blowout dynamics and plasma-assisted stabilization of premixed swirl flames under fuel pulsations

J Sun, H Wu, Y Tang, C Kong, S Li - Applications in Energy and Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work investigates blowout dynamics of premixed swirl flames under low-
frequency high-amplitude flow pulsations from the fuel feedline, and applies microsecond …

Burning of aluminum particles assisted by selective energy coupling with a microwave plasma torch

Y Tang, C Li, B Huang, B Shi, N Wang - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aiming at the concept of metal fuel in external-combustion engines or powder-fueled
ramjets, this work designs a microwave plasma actuator to achieve fast ignition and stable …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of microsecond repetitively pulsed discharges on lean blow-off limit and emission of rapidly-mixed ammonia/air swirling flames

Y Tang, D Xie, C Wei, B Huang, B Shi… - Applications in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work aims to implement an actuator integrating a swirl burner with electrodes to explore
stable and low-emission combustion of ammonia/air. The cavity structure holds a plasma …

Effect of rotating gliding arc plasma on lean blow-off limit and flame structure of bluff body and swirl-stabilized premixed flames

RY Ju, JH Wang, H Xia, YM Li, HB Mu… - … on Plasma Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effect of rotating gliding arc plasma on flame stabilization in a laboratory scale swirl-
stabilized plasma-assisted combustor was experimentally investigated. The characteristics …