Plasma assisted ammonia combustion: Simultaneous NOx reduction and flame enhancement

J Choe, W Sun, T Ombrello, C Carter - Combustion and flame, 2021 - Elsevier
This work reports that plasma can simultaneously reduce NO x emission and extend the
lean blowoff limits of ammonia flames. The results show dramatic differences from similar …

[HTML][HTML] On nanosecond plasma-assisted ammonia combustion: Effects of pulse and mixture properties

M Shahsavari, AA Konnov, A Valera-Medina… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of nanosecond plasma discharges on the combustion characteristics
of ammonia are investigated over a wide range of mixture properties and plasma settings …

Suppression of combustion mode transitions in a hydrogen-fueled scramjet combustor by a multi-channel gliding arc plasma

R Feng, J Zhu, Z Wang, F Zhang, Y Ban, G Zhao… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A multi-channel gliding arc (MCGA) plasma was utilized to suppress combustion mode
transition in a hydrogen-fueled cavity-based scramjet combustor with an inflow speed of …

Understanding non-equilibrium N2O/NOx chemistry in plasma-assisted low-temperature NH3 oxidation

H Zhong, X Mao, N Liu, Z Wang, T Ombrello, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia represents one of most promising zero-carbon energy solutions to address the
increasingly urgent climate change problem. However, the existing utilization of ammonia …

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 non-thermal plasma on turbulent premixed flames of ammonia/air in a swirl combustor

GT Kim, J Park, SH Chung, CS Yoo - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of non-thermal plasma (NTP) induced by a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)
reactor on the stability of turbulent lean and rich premixed ammonia/air flames and the NO x …

Plasma-assisted combustion with nanosecond discharges. I: Discharge effects characterization in the burnt gases of a lean flame

NQ Minesi, VP Blanchard, E Pannier… - Plasma Sources …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The prediction of a flame response to plasma assistance requires extensive knowledge of
discharge-induced plasma kinetics. Detailed studies of nanosecond discharges are …

Ignition enhancement and NOx formation of NH3/air mixtures by non-equilibrium plasma discharge

X Mao, H Zhong, N Liu, Z Wang, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
This work computationally studies plasma assisted low temperature NH 3/air ignition and
NO x formation in a repetitively-pulsed nanosecond discharge at atmospheric pressure by …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic effects of nanosecond plasma discharge and hydrogen on ammonia combustion

M Shahsavari, AA Konnov, XS Bai, A Valera-Medina… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Synergistic effects of nanosecond plasma discharge and hydrogen on the combustion
characteristics of ammonia/air are numerically studied under conditions relevant to gas …

N-dodecane partial oxidative reforming in gliding arc discharge plasma and kinetic model

B Wang, L Xu, Y Cheng, S Liu, J Zou - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2024 - Elsevier
A gliding arc discharge (GAD) plasma reactor was developed for partial oxidative reforming
(POR) H 2 production. Air was used as carrier gas and oxidant. The effects of the molar ratio …