Formative time of breakdown modeled for the ignition of air and n-butane mixtures using effective ionization coefficients
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 198904 (Russian Federation)
- Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (United States)
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 (United States)
- ISSI Inc., Dayton, Ohio 45440-3638 (United States)
It is shown that simulations of ignition by electric arc discharge in n-butane and air mixtures have interesting features, which deviate from results obtained by simple extension of calculations based on methanelike fuels. In particular, it is demonstrated that lowering the temperature of the n-butane-air mixture before ignition under certain conditions will actually decrease the ignition stage time as well as the required electric field.
- OSTI ID:
- 21175811
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, Issue 24; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3052882; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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