Nitric oxide formation during ignition and combustion of a transient arc plasmatron

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Applied Plasma Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; IGNITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; HYDROCARBON CHEMISTRY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE FORMATION; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TEMPERATURE FIELD MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 78549294516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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