Glow-to-spark transitions in a plasma system for ignition and combustion control

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6 PART 1, 2007, Pages 1651-1657

  Korolev, Yury D ^a   Frants, Oleg B ^a   Landl, Nikolay V ^a   Geyman, Vladimir G ^a   Matveev, Igor B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Applied Plasma Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion stabilization; Glow to spark transition; Ignition; Plasma torches

Indexed keywords

A THERMALS; AVERAGE POWER; COMBUSTION CONTROLS; COMBUSTION PROCESS; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME STABILIZATIONS; GAS TEMPERATURES; GLOW MODES; GLOW PLASMAS; GLOW-TO-SPARK TRANSITION; HIGH CURRENTS; HYDROCARBON MIXTURES; LOW CURRENTS; NANOSECOND PULSE; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; PLASMA IGNITIONS; PLASMA SYSTEMS; PLASMATRON; RELIABLE IGNITIONS; SPARK DISCHARGES;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; GLOW DISCHARGES; HYDROCARBONS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA TORCHES; PLASMAS; SMOKE; STABILIZATION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

IGNITION;

EID: 65449132787     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.910133     Document Type: Article

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