Plasma-assisted ignition of methane/air and ethylene/air mixtures: Efficiency at low and high pressures

N Deak, A Bellemans, F Bisetti - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
The ignition of methane/air and ethylene/air mixtures by nanosecond pulsed discharges
(NSPD) is investigated numerically using a zero-dimensional isochoric adiabatic reactor. A …

Electric field in Ns pulse and AC electric discharges in a hydrogen diffusion flame

MS Simeni, Y Tang, YC Hung, Z Eckert… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Time-resolved electric field is measured in ns pulse and AC sine wave dielectric barrier
discharges sustained in an atmospheric pressure hydrogen diffusion flame, using …

Thermalization dynamics in a pulsed microwave plasma-enhanced laminar flame

CE Dedic, JB Michael - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy transfer in a pulsed-microwave enhanced flame is investigated using hybrid fs/ps
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) to monitor both vibrational and rotational …

Laser induced fluorescence investigation of the chemical impact of nanosecond repetitively pulsed glow discharges on a laminar methane-air flame

D Del Cont-Bernard, TF Guiberti, DA Lacoste - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports on an experimental investigation of the chemical impact of nanosecond
repetitively pulsed (NRP) glow discharges on a laminar methane-air flame. The chosen …

Calculated cross sections for low energy electron collision with OH

K Chakrabarti, V Laporta… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The hydroxyl radical, OH, is an important component of many natural and technological
plasmas but there is little available information on processes involving its collisions with low …

2D-imaging of absolute OH and H2O2 profiles in a He–H2O nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge by photo-fragmentation laser-induced fluorescence

D van den Bekerom, MM Tahiyat… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsed dielectric barrier discharges (DBD) in He–H 2 O and He–H 2 O–O 2 mixtures are
studied in near atmospheric conditions using temporally and spatially resolved quantitative …

Plasma-Assisted Hydrogen Combustion

Y Ju, X Mao, JK Lefkowitz, H Zhong - Hydrogen for Future Thermal …, 2023 - Springer
Plasma-assisted hydrogen combustion is a promising technique in the development of
advanced thermal engines. This chapter presents recent studies and progress in …

Energy relaxation and heating in the afterglow of high electric field ns-discharges in ambient air using spontaneous Raman scattering

A Brisset, F Guichard, A Cessou… - … Sources Science and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The spatio-temporal rovibrational excitation and relaxation mechanisms of N 2 (X) in the
post-discharge of a 10 ns high-voltage diffuse discharge are studied by spontaneous …

Plasma-Fluid Energy Transfers in Plasma Assisted Ignition

R Shetty, L Massa - Combustion Science and Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A three-dimensional model of plasma-fluid coupling is developed, including the
Navier-Stokes, the drift-diffusion, and the radiative transfer equations, to investigate the …

Efficient vibrational excitation of molecular nitrogen in low-pressure plasma with ultralow electron temperature

M Yamazaki, K Sasaki - Plasma Sources Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigated the vibrational temperature of molecular nitrogen in the downstream of
helicon-wave excited helium and argon-based plasmas. It was confirmed by optical …