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 …

The effect of ozone addition on combustion: Kinetics and dynamics

W Sun, X Gao, B Wu, T Ombrello - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ozone addition is a promising method to enhance and control combustion and ignition
processes. It can be produced efficiently at atmospheric or elevated pressure conditions 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 …

Non-equilibrium plasma for ignition and combustion enhancement

S Starikovskaia, DA Lacoste, G Colonna - The European Physical Journal …, 2021 - Springer
This review is intended to give an overview of recent results on plasma-assisted ignition and
combustion. The influence of electrical discharges on combustion processes is introduced …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma reforming for enhanced ammonia-air ignition: a numerical study

G Faingold, O Kalitzky, JK Lefkowitz - Fuel Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Using an in-house 0D plasma chemical solver, this paper investigates the species involved
in plasma-assisted reforming of both pure ammonia and stoichiometric ammonia-air …

Future gasoline engine ignition: A review on advanced concepts

S Yu, M Zheng - International Journal of Engine Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
To meet the future requirements of fuel economy and exhaust emissions, high-efficiency
gasoline engines tend to employ diluted combustion concepts along with intensified charge …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of ignition and early flame propagation in methane/air mixtures using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge and inductive ignition in a pre …

L Merotto, M Balmelli, W Vera-Tudela, P Soltic - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
An optically accessible pre-chamber setup was used to investigate the ignition occurrence
and early flame propagation in methane/air mixtures at density conditions relevant to engine …

Improvement of lean blow out performance of spray and premixed swirled flames using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges

G Vignat, N Minesi, PR Soundararajan, D Durox… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Plasma-Assisted Combustion (PAC) has shown potential in improving the ignition,
extinction, and dynamic performance of combustion systems. In this work, nanosecond …