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 …

Effects of inter-pulse coupling on nanosecond pulsed high frequency discharge ignition in a flowing mixture

X Mao, H Zhong, Z Wang, T Ombrello, Y Ju - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work numerically investigates the effects of non-equilibrium nanosecond plasma
discharge pulse repetition frequency, pulse number, and flow velocity on the critical ignition …

Guiding effect of runaway electrons in atmospheric pressure nanosecond pulsed discharge: Mode transition from diffuse discharge to streamer

B Huang, C Zhang, C Ren, T Shao - Plasma Sources Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, the role of runaway electrons (RAEs) during the pulsed breakdown in the
atmosphere is investigated. Nanosecond pulsed discharge (NPD) is driven by high-voltage …

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 …

Low-temperature plasma simulation based on physics-informed neural networks: frameworks and preliminary applications

L Zhong, B Wu, Y Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Plasma simulation is an important, and sometimes the only, approach to investigating
plasma behavior. In this work, we propose two general artificial-intelligence-driven …

Plasma thermal-chemical instability of low-temperature dimethyl ether oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge

H Zhong, X Yang, X Mao, MN Shneider… - Plasma Sources …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma stability in reactive mixtures is critical for various applications from plasma-assisted
combustion to gas conversion. To generate stable and uniform plasmas and control the …

Power concentration determined by thermodynamic properties in complex gas mixtures: the case of plasma-based dry reforming of methane

O Biondo, A Hughes, A van de Steeg… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate discharge contraction in a microwave plasma at sub-atmospheric pressure,
operating in CO 2 and CO 2/CH 4 mixtures. The rise of the electron number density with …

Enhancements of electric field and afterglow of non-equilibrium plasma by Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 ferroelectric electrode

Y Xu, N Liu, Y Lin, X Mao, H Zhong, Z Chang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Manipulating surface charge, electric field, and plasma afterglow in a non-equilibrium
plasma is critical to control plasma-surface interaction for plasma catalysis and …

Stability-guided strategies to mitigate dendritic growth in lithium-metal batteries

W Li, HA Tchelepi, Y Ju… - Journal of The …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Dendritic growth is a leading cause of degradation and catastrophic failure of lithium-metal
batteries. Deep understanding of this phenomenon would facilitate the design of strategies …