Plasma assisted combustion of methane-air mixtures: Validation and reduction

L Cheng, N Barleon, B Cuenot, O Vermorel… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
For several years now plasma assisted combustion has been the subject of intense research
due to stabilization effects a plasma can have on flames. Particularly, experiments have …

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 …

A novel machine learning based lumping approach for the reduction of large kinetic mechanisms for plasma-assisted combustion applications

G Rekkas-Ventiris, AD Gomez, N Deak, N Kincaid… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of skeletal mechanisms has become essential for multi-dimensional
simulations of plasma-assisted combustion (PAC). However, reduction tools developed for …

Numerical analysis of a nanosecond repetitively pulsed plasma-assisted counterflow diffusion flame

BS Chen, AL Garner, SPM Bane - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A computationally efficient model is proposed to analyze plasma-assisted combustion using
nanosecond repetitive pulsed (NRP) plasmas. The NRP plasma discharge is placed in the …

Detailed modeling and simulations of Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed Discharges for Plasma-Assisted Combustion

N Barleon - 2022 - theses.hal.science
In the field of aeronautical propulsion, the current trend is to us lean or even very lean
combustion regimes, in order to limit pollutant emissions. However, this is a major …

Verification and Validation of a fully-coupled three-dimensional low-temperature plasma and reactive Navier Stokes solver

AJ Duarte, F Bisetti, N Deak, L Esclapez… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
The three-dimensional exascale reactive solver PeleC with Adaptive Mesh Refinement
(AMR) capabilities is extended to simulate low-temperature plasma streamer discharges …

Modelling of Flames Subjected to Strong Electric Fields and Pulsed Plasmas

B Chen - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Sustainability and climate change remain existential challenges due to the global
dependence on the fossil fuels. Green energy technologies require additional investment …

Development and application of a high-performance framework for high-fidelity simulations of plasma-assisted ignition of hydrocarbon fuels using nanosecond pulsed …

NE Deak - 2022 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
The application of non-equilibrium plasma (NEP) pulses to ignite hydrocarbon/air mixtures
has emerged as a promising technology for ensuring reliable ignition and combustion …

Ignition of methane and ethylene via nanosecond pulsed discharges

NE Deak, A Bellemans, F Bisetti - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The ignition of CH4 and C2H4 via nanosecond pulsed discharges (NSPD) is studied in a
zero-dimensional isochoric and adiabatic reactor. An efficiency metric is defined by …

Characterization of Nonequilibrium Reacting Molecular Plasmas and Flames using Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy

Y Hung - 2018 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Broadband ns coherent anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS) diagnostics is used to
study vibrational energy transfer in the afterglow of a diffuse filament, ns pulse discharge in …