Identification of gas-phase by-products formed during electrical discharges in liquid fuels

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2106-2111

  Thagard, Selma Mededovic ^a   Prieto, Graciela ^b   Takashima, Kazunori ^c   Mizuno, Akira ^c  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical discharge; ethanol; hexadecane; hydrogen; iso octane; liquid fuel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; GASPHASE; HEXADECANE; ISO-OCTANE;

ACETYLENE; BUTADIENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHANE; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; LIQUID FUELS; METHANE; PROPYLENE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84866287650     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2208203     Document Type: Article

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