Flow Reactor Studies with Nanosecond Pulsed Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure and Higher
Abstract
Objectives (Thrust 2). Development and validation of detailed low-temperature plasma fuel oxidation and ignition mechanisms, starting with simple fuels and proceeding to surrogate fuels. Development of reduced plasma chemical fuel oxidation, ignition, and flameholding mechanisms which can readily be incorporated into predictive multi-dimensional reacting flow codes. Identification of specific processes critical to the enhancement of basic combustion phenomena by nonequilibrium plasmas, in particular processes involving radical and/or excited metastable species.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA620130
Entities
People
- Kuninori Togai
- Nicholas Tsolas
- Richard A. Yetter
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University