Jet flame ignition in a supersonic crossflow using a pulsed nonequilibrium plasma discharge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2918-2923

  Do, Hyungrok ^a   Mungal, M Godfrey ^b   Cappelli, Mark A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma assisted diffusion flame; Pulsed plasma; Supersonic flame ignition

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLAMMABILITY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUORESCENCE; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN; JETS; MACH NUMBER; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; SHOCK WAVES; STREAM FLOW;

CROSS FLOWS; FLAT PLATES; FLOW CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGES; FUEL INJECTION NOZZLES; HYDROGEN JETS; JET FLAMES; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; OH RADICALS; PEAK VOLTAGES; PULSED PLASMA; REPETITION RATES; REPETITIVE PULSES; SCHLIEREN IMAGING; STAGNATION PRESSURES; SUPERSONIC FLAME IGNITION; TRANSVERSE JETS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 58149133622     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2005986     Document Type: Article

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