Ignition of propane-air mixtures by a repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2478-2487

  Pancheshnyi, Sergey V ^a,b   Lacoste, Deanna A ^a   Bourdon, Anne ^a   Laux, Christophe O ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Nanosecond plasma; Plasma assisted ignition; Propane air mixture inflammation; Repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge

Indexed keywords

AIR; GAS MIXTURES; PROPANE;

PLASMA-ASSISTED IGNITION; REPETITIVELY PULSED NANOSECOND DISCHARGE;

IGNITION;

EID: 33947428776     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.876421     Document Type: Article

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