A Fast-Pulse, Electrical-Drive Circuit for Fundamental Studies of NOx Removal in Nonthermal Plasmas

Abstract

A thyratron-based pulse generator for the investigation of the removal of NO(x) from engine exhaust streams using nonthermal plasmas (NTPs) is described. Our near-term experiments will focus on measuring temperature distributions and reactive species concentrations in electric-discharge NTP reactors using laser induced fluorescence (LIF) and tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), with first experiments on LIF measurements of OH in a pulsed dielectric-barrier discharge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1997
Accession Number
ADA349175

Entities

People

  • L. A. Rosocha
  • R. A. Korzekwa

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Capacitance
  • Cells
  • Classification
  • Electric Discharges
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescence
  • Generators
  • High Voltage
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Pulse Generators
  • Repetition Rate
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers