Application of laser ignition to hydrogen-air mixtures at high pressures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-326

  Weinrotter, Martin ^a   Kopecek, Herbert ^a   Wintner, Ernst ^a   Lackner, Maximilian ^b   Winter, Franz ^b  

^a Photonics Institute   (Austria)

^b Institute of Chemical Engineering   (Austria)

Author keywords

High pressures; Hydrogen; Laser ignition; Laser induced plasma; Lean combustion

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LENSES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; QUENCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

COMBUSTION GASES; LASER IGNITION; LASER INDUCED PLASMAS; LEAN COMBUSTION;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 11344271213     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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