Plasmas for in situ resource utilization on Mars: Fuels, life support, and agriculture

V Guerra, T Silva, N Pinhão, O Guaitella… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work discusses the potential of combining non-thermal plasmas and conducting
membranes for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars. By converting different molecules …

Multi-line Boltzmann regression for near-electronvolt temperature and CO sensing via MHz-rate infrared laser absorption spectroscopy

NQ Minesi, MO Richmond, CC Jelloian, NM Kuenning… - Applied Physics B, 2022 - Springer
A mid-infrared laser absorption technique is developed for sensing of temperature and
carbon monoxide (CO) number density from 2000 K to above 9000 K. To resolve multiple …

Nanosecond repetitively pulsed plasmas with MHz bursts for CO2 dissociation

A Post, M Budde, SCL Vervloedt… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel pulsed power source capable of nanosecond pulses with burst frequencies up to 1
MHz is employed to create atmospheric pressure pulsed plasma in pure CO 2 gas. The short …

High-pressure CO2 dissociation with nanosecond pulsed discharges

T Yong, H Zhong, E Pannier, C Laux… - … Sources Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the conversion of CO 2 into CO and O 2 with nanosecond repetitively pulsed
(NRP) discharges in a high-pressure batch reactor. Stable discharges are obtained at up to …

Ignition by Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed Discharges

RJ Dijoud - 2023 - dspace.mit.edu
Previous works have shown that nanosecond pulsed plasmas can have strong benefits on
ignition, including a reduction of ignition delay times, a decrease of minimum ignition …

Parametric Exploration of Radial Ignition by Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed Discharges

RJ Dijoud, CA Pavan, C Guerra-Garcia - AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This work presents a one-dimensional radial numerical study of ignition of a methane/air
mixture at high temperature and atmospheric pressure by nanosecond repetitively pulsed …