Relaxation of electronic excitation in nitrogen/oxygen and fuel/air mixtures: fast gas heating in plasma-assisted ignition and flame stabilization

NA Popov, SM Starikovskaia - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Fast gas heating (FGH) is an abrupt increase in gas temperature in non-equilibrium low-
temperature plasma due to relaxation of electronically excited states of atoms and …

Modeling of the effects of non-equilibrium excitation and electrode geometry on H2/air ignition in a nanosecond plasma discharge

X Mao, H Zhong, T Zhang, A Starikovskiy, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents the results of two-dimensional modeling of the effects of non-equilibrium
excitation and electrode geometry on H 2/air ignition in a nanosecond plasma discharge. A …

Large eddy simulation of plasma assisted ignition: Effects of pulse repetition frequency, number of pulses, and pulse energy

TS Taneja, T Ombrello, J Lefkowitz, S Yang - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
The impacts of the pulse repetition frequency (PRF), number of pulses, and energy per pulse
in a train of nanosecond discharge pulses on the ignition of a flowing lean premixed …

Plasma-based global pathway analysis to understand the chemical kinetics of plasma-assisted combustion and fuel reforming

PN Johnson, TS Taneja, S Yang - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Global Pathway Analysis (GPA) algorithm helps analyze the chemical kinetics
of complex combustion systems by identifying important global reaction pathways …

Conversion mechanism of thermal plasma-enhanced CH4-CO2 reforming system to syngas under the non-catalytic conditions

Y Zhou, R Chu, L Fan, J Zhao, W Li, X Jiang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal plasma activation of CH 4-CO 2 reforming (CRM) to syngas under non-catalytic
conditions is an efficient and clean technology for the large-scale utilization of hydrocarbon …

Numerical modeling of plasma assisted pyrolysis and combustion of ammonia

TS Taneja, S Yang - AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-1972. vid This work aims at
studying the combustion and pyrolysis characteristics of ammonia (NH3) using non …

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 …

Impact of CH4 addition on the electron properties and electric field dynamics in a Ar nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge

TY Chen, X Mao, H Zhong, Y Lin, N Liu… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-equilibrium plasmas derive their low temperature reactivity from producing and driving
energetic electrons and active species under large electric fields. Therefore, the impact of …

Reaction mechanism investigation on Plasma-Assisted steam reforming of toluene based on emission spectrum analysis and kinetic simulation

C Shi, Y Chen, Y Dong, W Yue, L Sun, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plasma-enhanced reforming has been widely studied as an efficient technology for online
tar removal. By combining reforming experiments with kinetic modeling and in-situ optical …

Kinetic insights into plasma-assisted low-temperature oxidation of propane with synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry

H Chen, R Zhang, H Liao, F Zhang, J Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the chemical kinetics of low-temperature oxidation of
propane activated by nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in a flow reactor …