Fundamental Mechanisms, Predictive Modeling, and Novel Aerospace Applications of Plasma Assisted Combustion
Abstract
Drexel Group: Main Tasks. Thrust 1. Experimental studies of nonequilibrium air-fuel plasma kinetics using advanced non-intrusive diagnostics * Task 1: Low-to-Moderate temperature, spatial and time-dependent radical species concentration and temperature measurements in nanosecond pulse plasmas in a variety of fuel-air mixtures pressures), and equivalence ratios * Task 4: Moderate-to-high temperature PAC oxidation kinetics in Discharge Shock Tube Facility at pressures up to 10 bar * Task 5: PAC oxidation and combustion initiation at high pressure, high temperature conditions Thrust 2. Kinetic model development and validation Task 8: Development and validation of a predictive kinetic model of non-equilibrium plasma fuel oxidation and ignition Task 9: Mechanism Reduction and Dynamic Multi-time Scale Modeling of Detailed Plasma- Flame Chemistry Thrust 3. Experimental and modeling studies of fundamental nonequilibrium discharge processes * Task 10: Characterization and Modeling of Nsec Pulsed Plasma Discharges Thrust 4. Studies of diffusion and transport of active species in representative two dimensional reacting flow geometries * Task 13: Ignition and flame holding in high-speed non-premixed flows * Task 14: High Fidelity Modeling of Plasma Assisted Combustion in Complex Flow Environments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 04, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA532908
Entities
People
- Alexander Konnov
- Alexander Rakitin
- Boris Potapkin
- Nickolay Aleksandrov
- Sergey Pancheshnyi ;sergey Leonov
- Svetlana Starikovskaya
Organizations
- Drexel University