Microwave plasma enhancement of various flame geometries at atmospheric pressure

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3139-3146

  Hammack, Stephen ^a   Lee, Tonghun ^a   Carter, Campbell ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave waveguide; planar laser induced fluorescence; plasma assisted combustion; Rayleigh scattering thermometry

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME GEOMETRIES; FLOWTHROUGH; HOLLOW ELECTRODES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METHANE-AIR FLAMES; MICROWAVE PLASMA; MICROWAVE PLASMA SOURCES; MICROWAVE POWER; MICROWAVE WAVEGUIDES; NON-PREMIXED; NON-PREMIXED FLAME; NONTHERMAL; NOZZLE GEOMETRIES; NUMBER DENSITY; OH RADICAL; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLASMA POWER; POWER LEVELS; PREMIXED; SMALL VARIATIONS; TUNABLE WAVE-GUIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FREE RADICALS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; METHANE; NOZZLES; PLASMA SOURCES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THERMOMETERS; VORTEX FLOW;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 84870977520     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2195034     Document Type: Article

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