Plasma-assisted ignition and combustion

Emission characteristics of kerosene-air spray combustion with plasma assistance

“…In order to solve the current problems and optimize the combustion performance of the system, it is necessary to come up with a kind of efficient and innovative combustion concept, and then apply it to hydrocarbon, biofuels and other synthetics. 1 Recently, many researchers have become interested in plasma for combustion control in the combustion chamber 2,3 due to its advantages that are provided by the plasma assisted approach in flame stabilization. Over the last decade, great progress has been made in exploring the mechanisms of plasma chemistry interactions and energy distribution method in discharge process.…”

Transient change in the shape of premixed burner flame with the superposition of pulsed dielectric barrier discharge

“…Several researchers have investigated the kinetic mechanisms of plasma-assisted combustion by experiments as well as numerical simulations, and these efforts converge into the common understanding on the importance of atomic oxygen, which is produced by electron impact processes, as the origin of activated combustion reactions. 3,[26][27][28] In our recent works, we also pointed out the importance of atomic oxygen produced in the preheating zone of a premixed burner flame. 29,30) The understanding on the importance of atomic oxygen is insufficient to optimize practical systems of plasma-assisted combustion.…”

Localized pulsed nanosecond discharges in a counterflow nonpremixed flame environment

“…Similarly, when the plasma is produced in a premixed reactant stream, the main effect is to pre-oxidize the fuel with the subsequent heat release [22] and partial fuel conversion into H 2 , CO [8,23], alcohols, aldehydes and peroxides [1].…”

“…Non-thermal plasmas can assist flames in numerous ways [1,2]. They can participate in the inflammation process [3], speeding it up [4,5].…”