Experimental and CFD Studies of Non-Thermal Plasmas for NOx Control

Abstract

Non-thermal plasmas (NTPs) represent a promising technology for the destruction of various toxic gases entrained in air streams. One challenging example of the need for hazardous gas control is the jet engine test cell (JETC) facility where very large amounts of NO(x)s are emitted along with various hydrocarbon gases on an episodic basis. The high flow rates as well as the wide dynamic range of pollutant concentrations make this a particularly difficult problem for emissions control. In order to investigate the ability of NTPs to dissociate NO(x)s, will be entrained in an airstream and passed through the reactor. We will measure the concentrations of various radicals produced in the reactor by the destruction of NO(x). This data will be compared to results generated using a computational model of the reactor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA371100

Entities

People

  • A. W. Miziolek
  • M. J. Nusca
  • P. A. Sagear

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Detection
  • Dye Lasers
  • Dynamic Range
  • Energy Levels
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Generators
  • Jet Engines
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Payload

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.