Title :
Transient plasma ignition
Author :
Liu, Jianbang ; Wang, Fei ; Li, Guoqiang ; Kuthi, Andras ; Gutmark, Ephraim J. ; Ronney, Paul D. ; Gundersen, Martin A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. & Mech. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents images of transient plasma applied in varied circumstances to fuel ignition and subsequent combustion. The transient plasma occurs during the formative phase of an arc discharge, and persists for ≈50 ns. The results demonstrate that transient plasma ignition initiates combustion efficiently, produces excited species distinct from traditional spark ignition, and that for some applications, including reduced delays to ignition, the approach is advantageous.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); combustion; corona; plasma chemistry; arc discharge; combustion; fuel ignition; ignition delays; spark ignition; transient plasma ignition; Charge-coupled image sensors; Combustion; Corona; Delay; Electrons; Fuels; Ignition; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Streaming media; Combustion; ignition; nonthermal plasma; pulsed corona discharge; streamer; transient plasma;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2005.845906
