Energy efficiency of plasma-assisted combustion in Ram/Scramjet engines

36th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Macheret, Sergey O ^a   Shneider, Mikhail N ^a   Miles, Richard B ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMBUSTION; DROPS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENGINES; JETS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DEVICES; RAMJET ENGINES; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; IGNITION DELAY TIME; LOCAL EQUIVALENCE RATIO; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMA ASSISTED COMBUSTION; POWER REQUIREMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85088341846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-5371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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