Plasma-Assisted Combustion Studies at AFRL

Abstract

Areas where plasmas and E-fields can have an influence * Enhance reaction rate & flamespeed * Important for high-speed combustors (& other combustors too): * Ignition, from cold state especially & with liquid fuel * Steady operation, through flamespeed enhancement and flameholding * Potentially important for lean, gas-turbine (powerplant) operation * Might one also mitigate/influence acoustic fluctuations? * Potential for uniform performance with nonuniform fuel source * Enhance fuel-air mixing & penetration * Potential alternative to intrusive mechanisms (struts/pylons) * Potential for dynamic control of penetration/mixing * Potential for creating recirculation region for flameholding * Boundary-layer & surface interactions * Trip boundary layer; hold shock.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 04, 2009
Accession Number
ADA532913

Entities

People

  • Cam Carter
  • Mike Brown
  • Tim Ombrello

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chambers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemiluminescence
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustors
  • Energy
  • Energy Consumption
  • Flame Propagation
  • Flames
  • Ignition
  • Raman Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics