Ignition of a combustible gas mixture by a laser spark excited in the reactor volume
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov Institute of General Physics (Russian Federation)
Ignition of a stoichiometric CH{sub 4}: O{sub 2} mixture by a laser spark excited in the reactor volume is studied experimentally. It is found that the spark initiates a feebly radiating incomplete-combustion wave, which is much faster than the combustion wave, but is substantially slower than the detonation wave. With a time delay of 500-700 {mu}s, a bright optical flash occupying the entire chamber volume is observed, which indicates fast (involving branching chain reactions) ignition of the gas mixture. A conclusion is drawn regarding the common nature of the process of ignition of a combustible gas mixture by a laser spark excited in the reactor volume and the previously investigated initiation of combustion by laser sparks excited at solid targets, high-power microwave discharges, and high-current gliding discharges.
- OSTI ID:
- 21405964
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 35, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X09030088; Copyright (c) 2009 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-780X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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