Ignition delay time and laminar flame velocity for a combined laser-microwave ignition

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12 PART 1, 2011, Pages 3263-3268

  Tropina, Albina A ^a   Michael, James B ^b   Shneider, Mikhail N ^b   Miles, Richard B ^b  

^a KHARKIV NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE AND HIGHWAY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laminar flame velocity; laser microwave ignition; numerical modeling; vibrational excitation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; DISCHARGE ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; IGNITION DELAY TIME; LAMINAR FLAME VELOCITY; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; NUMERICAL MODELING; RATE DEPENDENCE; SATURATION POWER; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION; VIBRATIONAL TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; REACTION RATES;

ELECTRIC IGNITION;

EID: 83855162864     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2162857     Document Type: Article

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