Nitric oxide formation in a premixed flame with high-level plasma energy coupling

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2303-2313

  Rao, Xing ^a   Matveev, Igor B ^b   Lee, Tonghun ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Applied Plasma Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide (NO); Plasma torch; Plasma assisted combustion

Indexed keywords

ADDITION METHOD; AIR/FUEL MIXTURES; DIRECT-CURRENT; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FITTING TECHNIQUES; FLOW CONDITION; GAS FLOWRATE; INFRARED THERMOMETRY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE FORMATION; NO CONCENTRATION; NO FORMATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLASMA ENERGY; PLASMA POWER; PLASMA REACTIONS; PLASMATRONS; PLIF IMAGES; PREMIXED; PREMIXED FLAME; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE FIELD MEASUREMENTS;

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA TORCHES; SMOKE; VORTEX FLOW;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 72349083344     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2034007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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