- Author
- Kosarev, I. N. | Aleksandrov, N. L. | Kindysheva, S. V. | Starikovskaia, S. M. | Starikovskii, A. Y.
- Title
- Kinetics of Ignition of Saturated Hydrocarbons by Nonequilibrium Plasma: CH4-Containing Mixtures.
- Coporate
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskii Lane 9, Dolgoprudny 141700, Russia
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 154, No. 3, 569-586, August 2008
- Keywords
- hydrocarbons | plasmas (physics) | ignition | kinetics | ignition delay | shock waves | experiments | gas discharges | autoignition | methane | gas temperature
- Identifiers
- plasma assisted ignition; nanosecond discharge; combustible mixture; initial gas parameters of a mixture behind the reflected shock wave; measured delay times for autoignition; ignition by the discharge and calculated mole fractions; kinetic scheme of the processes taken into account to simulate the production of atoms and radicals by gas discharge; kinetic model for discharge and near afterglow; calculated results for discharge processes; kinetic model for autoignition and plasma assisted ignition