Some observations on plasma-assisted combustion enhancement using dielectric barrier discharges

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tang, Jie ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Duan, Yixiang ^a,b  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION METHOD; AIR STREAMS; COMBUSTION ENHANCEMENT; COMBUSTION FLAMES; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMBUSTION STABILITY; COMBUSTION ZONES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DISCHARGE ENERGY DENSITY; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; HIGH-FLOW RATE; MAIN COMPONENT; OPERATING WINDOWS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PLASMA DISCHARGE; PROPANE COMBUSTION; REACTION GAS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTIVE SPECIES;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BLOWOUTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS; PROPANE;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 80051658810     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/20/4/045009     Document Type: Article

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