TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of plasma injection on combustion processes
AU - Iwamura, Yasuhiro
AU - Ohta, Hideaki
AU - Tokuda, Kimishiro
PY - 1993/12/1
Y1 - 1993/12/1
N2 - We investigated the effects of plasma injection on combustion processes with emission spectroscopy. Weakly ionized nitrogen plasma generated by DC arc discharge was injected into a machine flame. We noticed the great enhancement of emission intensities of OH, CH and C2 radicals, and observed the increments of oxygen consumption rates and limits of flammability. The authors introduced a physical model that supported the experimental results. As a result, we concluded that vibrationally excited molecules produced by plasma injection played important roles in the enhancement of combustion reaction rates.
AB - We investigated the effects of plasma injection on combustion processes with emission spectroscopy. Weakly ionized nitrogen plasma generated by DC arc discharge was injected into a machine flame. We noticed the great enhancement of emission intensities of OH, CH and C2 radicals, and observed the increments of oxygen consumption rates and limits of flammability. The authors introduced a physical model that supported the experimental results. As a result, we concluded that vibrationally excited molecules produced by plasma injection played important roles in the enhancement of combustion reaction rates.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027831335
SN - 0780313887
T3 - Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
SP - 121
EP - 126
BT - Environmental Impact, Energy Systems, New Technology for Energy Utilization, Policy Issues, Renewable Energy Sources, Stirling Cycles
A2 - Anon, null
PB - Publ by SAE
T2 - Proceedings of the 28th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
Y2 - 8 August 1993 through 13 August 1993
ER -