Combustion dynamics of plasma-enhanced premixed and nonpremixed flames

X Rao, S Hammack, T Lee, C Carter… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Combustion dynamics are investigated for plasma-enhanced methane-air flames in
premixed and nonpremixed configurations using a transient arc dc plasmatron. Planar laser …

Elementary chemical and physical phenomena in electrical discharge plasma in gas-liquid environments and in liquids

BR Locke, P Lukes, JL Brisset - Plasma chemistry and catalysis …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical discharges in gas–liquid environments and in liquids (primarily water, but in some
cases also organic liquids) have been studied for a number of years for applications in …

Low-current plasmatron as a source of nitrogen oxide molecules

YD Korolev, OB Frants, NV Landl… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a usage of a low-current coaxial plasmatron for generation of nitrogen
oxide molecules. Glow-type discharge in vortex air flow is sustained at an average current …

Research on the rapid combustion process of butane under microwave discharge

Q Tang, Z Hu, Z Tao, D Ye, J Tang - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
To study the combustion process of fuel in the microwave plasma torch, we designed a
butane microwave plasma device exploiting a tungsten rod as an electrode. Through …

Effects of plasma assisted combustion on pollutant emissions of a premixed flame of natural gas and air

RA Varella, JC Sagás, CA Martins - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The recently increasing interest in plasma assisted combustion is mainly motivated by new
possibilities for ignition and flame stabilization, in addition to pollutant emission reduction …

Emission measurements and CH* chemiluminescence of a staged combustion rig for stationary gas turbine applications

WG Lamont, M Roa, SE Meyer, RP Lucht - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
An optically accessible combustion rig was constructed to study the combustion
characteristics of a reactive jet in a vitiated crossflow. The rig features two staged …

Experimental investigation of the plasma-assisted spray combustion of methanol/water mixtures

HH Chen, CY Wu - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
To achieve the goal of net zero by 2050, carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced using
carbon–neutral fuels, and methanol is a feasible choice for gas turbines, IC engines, and …

Formation of nitrogen oxides from atmospheric electrodeless microwave plasmas in nitrogen–oxygen mixtures

J Lee, H Sun, S Im, M Soo Bak - Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Electrodeless microwave plasmas were produced in nitrogen–oxygen mixtures at
atmospheric pressure to investigate the formation of nitrogen oxides (NO x) from the plasma …

Basic characteristics of gliding-arc discharges in air and natural gas

JC Sagas, AH Neto, AC Pereira Filho… - … on Plasma Science, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gliding-arc discharges have been utilized in plasma-assisted combustion processes, among
various other applications, due to their properties of high electron density and chemical …

Microwave-plasma-coupled re-ignition of methane-and-oxygen mixture under auto-ignition temperature

X Rao, S Hammack, C Carter, T Grotjohn… - … on Plasma Science, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The re-ignition phenomenon is observed when fuel/oxidizer is re-introduced into an
atmospheric-pressure plasma discharge generated by cutting off the gas flow in a re-entrant …