Journal article
Characteristics of Gliding Arc and Its Application in Combustion Enhancement
Journal of propulsion and power, v 24(6), pp 1216-1228
01 Nov 2008
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Abstract
A novel magnetically stabilized gliding arc reactor coupled with a counterflow burner was developed to study nonthermal plasma enhancement of ignition and extinction phenomena. The results showed that the new coupled plasma-flame system provides a well-defined platform for understanding of the basic mechanism of the plasma-flame interaction. It was shown that with a plasma discharge of the airstream, up to a 220% increase in the extinction strain rate was possible at low power inputs for air and methane diluted with nitrogen. Measurements of temperature profiles via planar Rayleigh scattering thermometry and OH number density profiles via planar laser-induced fluorescence (calibrated with absorption) were taken to quantify various effects. Detailed numerical simulations at elevated air temperatures and radical addition were performed for comparison with experimentally obtained results. Results of the extinction experiments initially suggested that the enhancement effect was predominantly thermal for our particular setup of experiments. However, in ignition experiments specifically for hydrogen, temperature measurements conducted for hydrogen-air mixtures suggested the contribution of active species to justify the extent of the enhancement effect. Further comparison with numerical simulations also provides an insight into the participation of species other than radicals in the enhancement effect.
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- Title
- Characteristics of Gliding Arc and Its Application in Combustion Enhancement
- Creators
- Alexander Fridman - Drexel UniversityAlexander Gutsol - Drexel Univ, Dept Mech Engn & Mech, Drexel Plasma Inst, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAShailesh Gangoli - Drexel Univ, Dept Mech Engn & Mech, Drexel Plasma Inst, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAYiguang Ju - Princeton Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USATimothy Ombrellol - Princeton Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of propulsion and power, v 24(6), pp 1216-1228
- Publisher
- AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- F49620-04-1-0038 / U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research; United States Department of Defense; Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) CTS-0418403 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000260886000005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-56349120261
- Other Identifier
- 991019168425304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Aerospace