Laser based ignition of natural gas-air mixtures

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Internal Combustion Engine Division (Publication) ICE

Volumn 40, Issue , 2003, Pages 187-195

  Gupta, Sreenath B ^a   Sekar, Raj R ^a   Xu, Zhiyue ^a   Leong, Keng H ^a   Reed, Claude B ^a   Pal, Sibtosh ^b   Cramer, John ^b   Santoro, Robert J ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BASED IGNITION (LBI); SPARK VOLTAGES;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; IGNITION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NATURAL GAS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SPARK PLUGS; THERMOCOUPLES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 1542276759     PISSN: 10665048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICES2003-0656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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