Combustion enhancement via stabilized piecewise nonequilibrium gliding arc plasma discharge

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-150

  Ombrello, Timothy ^a,d,e   Qint, Xiao ^a,d,e   Ju, Yiguang ^a,b,d,e   Gutsol, Alexander ^b,e   Fridman, Alexander ^b,e   Carter, Campbell ^c,e,f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Aerospace Propulsion Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC PLASMA DISCHARGES; FLAME BURNERS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF); PLASMA-FLAME INTERACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUORESCENCE; FUEL BURNERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; METHANE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 31344459318     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.17018     Document Type: Article

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