This study investigates the effect of diffuse non-equilibrium nanosecond-pulsed plasma at atmospheric pressure on a lean-premixed CH4-air flame (ϕ = 0.65, P ∼ 0.3 kW). The domain of diffuse plasma existence is explored for both the case of the cold flow (no flame) and the case where a flame is stabilized downstream. The dynamics of plasma propagation and the flame displacement, following a high-voltage pulse, were measured using intensified charge-coupled device imaging. The energy of the plasma was measured using electrical probes and measurements of the second positive system of nitrogen were used to determine the rotational temperature and vibrational populations in the plasma. The effect of plasma on a flame was investigated by varying the pulse repetition frequency gradually from 1 to 7 kHz. Time-resolved imaging of the plasma emission shows that the primary streamer travels at higher velocities with increased pulsing frequency and with the presence of a flame ignited downstream of the discharge. Time-resolved imaging of the flame, following a high-voltage pulse, shows that the flame moves upstream into the unburned methane-air mixture with increased pulsing frequency. As the flame is displaced upstream, the nature of the discharge also changes, whereby less energy is coupled to the gas volume. Spectroscopic results reveal that the region in which the flame stabilizes is that of highest vibrational excitation and lowest rotational temperature. This actuation method is evidence of low-temperature chemical flame enhancement and potential control of a lean-premixed laminar flame at atmospheric pressure.
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7 November 2017
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November 03 2017
Actuation of a lean-premixed flame by diffuse non-equilibrium nanosecond-pulsed plasma at atmospheric pressure
M. D. G. Evans;
M. D. G. Evans
a)
1
Plasma Processing Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University
, Montréal H3A 0C5, Canada
2
Alternative Fuels Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
, Montréal H3A 0C3, Canada
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J. M. Bergthorson;
J. M. Bergthorson
2
Alternative Fuels Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
, Montréal H3A 0C3, Canada
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S. Coulombe
S. Coulombe
1
Plasma Processing Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University
, Montréal H3A 0C5, Canada
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J. Appl. Phys. 122, 173305 (2017)
Article history
Received:
July 13 2017
Accepted:
October 21 2017
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M. D. G. Evans, J. M. Bergthorson, S. Coulombe; Actuation of a lean-premixed flame by diffuse non-equilibrium nanosecond-pulsed plasma at atmospheric pressure. J. Appl. Phys. 7 November 2017; 122 (17): 173305. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4995964
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