Characterisation of laser ignition in hydrogen-air mixtures in a combustion bomb

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2475-2482

  Srivastava, Dhananjay Kumar ^a   Weinrotter, Martin ^b   Iskra, Kurt ^c   Agarwal, Avinash Kumar ^a   Wintner, Ernst ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Combustion; Hydrogen air mixture; Laser ignition; Schlieren imaging; Spark Ignition

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; HYDROGEN; IGNITION; IGNITION SYSTEMS; LASERS; MIXTURES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CHARACTERISATION; COMBUSTION BOMBS; COMBUSTION PHENOMENON; CONSTANT VOLUME COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAME KERNELS; FOCUSING LENS; HYDROGEN-AIR MIXTURE; INITIAL PRESSURES; INTERNAL COMBUSTIONS; LASER IGNITION; LASER PLASMAS; LASER-INDUCED SPARKS; NANOSECOND PULSE; PIEZOELECTRIC PRESSURES; PLASMA FORMATIONS; PRESSURE RISE; Q-SWITCHED ND:YAG LASERS; SCHLIEREN IMAGING; SPARK IGNITION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 60649086716     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.11.117     Document Type: Article

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