Plasma assisted combustion: Dynamics and chemistry

Y Ju, W Sun - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Plasma assisted combustion is a promising technology to improve engine performance,
increase lean burn flame stability, reduce emissions, and enhance low temperature fuel …

Plasma assisted low temperature combustion

Y Ju, JK Lefkowitz, CB Reuter, SH Won, X Yang… - Plasma Chemistry and …, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents recent kinetic and flame studies in plasma assisted low temperature
combustion. First, the kinetic pathways of plasma chemistry to enhance low temperature fuel …

Numerical modeling of ignition enhancement of CH4/O2/He mixtures using a hybrid repetitive nanosecond and DC discharge

X Mao, A Rousso, Q Chen, Y Ju - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
Ignition enhancement using a hybrid repetitive nanosecond and DC discharge is studied in
CH 4/O 2/He mixtures at atmospheric pressure by using a hybrid ZDPlasKin-CHEMKIN …

Ozone production with dielectric barrier discharge: effects of power source and humidity

X Zhang, BJ Lee, HG Im, MS Cha - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ozone synthesis in air dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) was studied with an emphasis on
the effects of power sources and humidity. Discharge characteristics were investigated to …

Species and temperature measurements of methane oxidation in a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge

JK Lefkowitz, P Guo, A Rousso… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Speciation and temperature measurements of methane oxidation during a nanosecond
repetitively pulsed discharge in a low-temperature flow reactor have been performed …

An exploration of inter-pulse coupling in nanosecond pulsed high frequency discharge ignition

JK Lefkowitz, T Ombrello - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
A parametric exploration of the dynamics of ignition using nanosecond pulsed high
frequency discharges (NPHFD) in flowing mixtures of methane and air is conducted to …

Effects of controlled non-equilibrium excitation on H2/O2/He ignition using a hybrid repetitive nanosecond and DC discharge

X Mao, Q Chen, AC Rousso, TY Chen, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Low-temperature filamentary plasma for ignition-stabilized combustion

R Patel, J van Oijen, N Dam, S Nijdam - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, an experimental study investigating dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma-
assisted ignition in methane-air flows at near-atmospheric pressure is presented …

Multiscale modeling and general theory of non-equilibrium plasma-assisted ignition and combustion

S Yang, S Nagaraja, W Sun… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A self-consistent framework for modeling and simulations of plasma-assisted ignition and
combustion is established. In this framework, a'frozen electric field'modeling approach is …

Low temperature oxidation and pyrolysis of n-heptane in nanosecond-pulsed plasma discharges

A Rousso, S Yang, J Lefkowitz, W Sun, Y Ju - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …