Ignition of a combustible gas mixture by a high-current electric discharge in a closed volume

Journal Article · Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X09060038· OSTI ID:21405889

Berezhetskaya, N K; Gritsinin, S I; Kop'ev, V A; Kossyi, I A ^[1]; Kuleshov, P S ^[2]; Popov, N A ^[3]; Starik, A M ^[2]; Tarasova, N M ^[1]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov Institute of General Physics (Russian Federation)
2. Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors (Russian Federation)
3. Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russian Federation)

Results are presented from experimental studies and numerical calculations of the ignition of a stoichiometric CH{sub 4}: O{sub 2} gas mixture by a high-current gliding discharge. It is shown that this type of discharge generates an axially propagating thermal wave (precursor) that penetrates into the gas medium and leads to fast gas heating. This process is followed by an almost simultaneous ignition of the gas mixture over the entire reactor volume.

• OSTI ID: 21405889
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 35, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X09060038; Copyright (c) 2009 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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