Author: Caroline Winters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerospace engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This work has produced extensive sets of new data on low-temperature plasma-assisted fuel oxidation in hydrogen-oxygen-argon and hydrocarbon-oxygen-argon mixtures. The measurements have been made in two different plasma flow reactors, at an initial temperature of 500 K and pressures ranging from 300 Torr to 700 Torr. In both reactors, the plasma is generated by a high peak voltage, ns pulse discharge, operated at high pulse repetition rates (up to 20 kHz). Metastable Ar atom number density distributions in the discharge afterglow are measured by Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS), and used to characterize plasma uniformity. Temperature in the discharge-excited reacting flow is measured by Rayleigh scattering. Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) is used to measured absolute H and O atom number densities. The results are compared with predictions of a kinetic model analyzing reaction kinetics of excited species and radicals generated by the plasma at low temperatures and high pressures. The modeling predictions show good agreement with the data, with the exception of fuel-limited mixtures, when nearly all fuel available in the mixture of reactants is oxidized in the discharge. Kinetic modeling analysis identified dominant processes of generation and decay of atomic and radical species in the discharge and in the afterglow. At the present low-temperature conditions, the effect of chain branching reactions on plasma-assisted fuel oxidation kinetics is insignificant.
Laser Diagnostics of Reacting Molecular Plasmas for Plasma Assisted Combustion Applications
Author: Caroline Winters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerospace engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This work has produced extensive sets of new data on low-temperature plasma-assisted fuel oxidation in hydrogen-oxygen-argon and hydrocarbon-oxygen-argon mixtures. The measurements have been made in two different plasma flow reactors, at an initial temperature of 500 K and pressures ranging from 300 Torr to 700 Torr. In both reactors, the plasma is generated by a high peak voltage, ns pulse discharge, operated at high pulse repetition rates (up to 20 kHz). Metastable Ar atom number density distributions in the discharge afterglow are measured by Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS), and used to characterize plasma uniformity. Temperature in the discharge-excited reacting flow is measured by Rayleigh scattering. Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) is used to measured absolute H and O atom number densities. The results are compared with predictions of a kinetic model analyzing reaction kinetics of excited species and radicals generated by the plasma at low temperatures and high pressures. The modeling predictions show good agreement with the data, with the exception of fuel-limited mixtures, when nearly all fuel available in the mixture of reactants is oxidized in the discharge. Kinetic modeling analysis identified dominant processes of generation and decay of atomic and radical species in the discharge and in the afterglow. At the present low-temperature conditions, the effect of chain branching reactions on plasma-assisted fuel oxidation kinetics is insignificant.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerospace engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This work has produced extensive sets of new data on low-temperature plasma-assisted fuel oxidation in hydrogen-oxygen-argon and hydrocarbon-oxygen-argon mixtures. The measurements have been made in two different plasma flow reactors, at an initial temperature of 500 K and pressures ranging from 300 Torr to 700 Torr. In both reactors, the plasma is generated by a high peak voltage, ns pulse discharge, operated at high pulse repetition rates (up to 20 kHz). Metastable Ar atom number density distributions in the discharge afterglow are measured by Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS), and used to characterize plasma uniformity. Temperature in the discharge-excited reacting flow is measured by Rayleigh scattering. Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) is used to measured absolute H and O atom number densities. The results are compared with predictions of a kinetic model analyzing reaction kinetics of excited species and radicals generated by the plasma at low temperatures and high pressures. The modeling predictions show good agreement with the data, with the exception of fuel-limited mixtures, when nearly all fuel available in the mixture of reactants is oxidized in the discharge. Kinetic modeling analysis identified dominant processes of generation and decay of atomic and radical species in the discharge and in the afterglow. At the present low-temperature conditions, the effect of chain branching reactions on plasma-assisted fuel oxidation kinetics is insignificant.
Laser Diagnostics and Modeling of Plasma Assisted CVD. Final Technical Report
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (PACVD) represents a novel approach for utilizing the nonequilibrium effects of reactive plasmas for depositing a wide range of protective hardface coatings that have both wear and erosion application. The nonequilibrium plasma is the heart of this complex system and has the function of generating the reactive molecular fragments (radicals) and atomic species at concentration levels unattainable by other competing processes. It is now widely accepted that such advanced protective hardface coatings materials will play a vital role in the energy technologies of the coming decades, with major applications in diverse areas ranging from aerospace and commercial propulsion systems (jet engines) to automotive components and internal combustion engines, (ceramic heat engines), cutting and machining tools, electronic packaging, thermal management, and possibly room-temperature superconductors. Wear and associated erosion aspects are responsible for an enormous expenditure of energy and fiscal resources in almost all DOE applications. Many of the results from this investigation arc also applicable to other materials processing reactors such as electron beam, PVD, CVD, laser ablation, microwave, high energy cathodic arc, thermal plasma (rf or dc) and combustion spray. These also include the various hybrid systems such as the rf/dc arc as used in Japan for diamond deposition and e-beam PVD deposition of advanced titanium alloy coatings as used at the Paton Institute in Kiev, Ukraine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (PACVD) represents a novel approach for utilizing the nonequilibrium effects of reactive plasmas for depositing a wide range of protective hardface coatings that have both wear and erosion application. The nonequilibrium plasma is the heart of this complex system and has the function of generating the reactive molecular fragments (radicals) and atomic species at concentration levels unattainable by other competing processes. It is now widely accepted that such advanced protective hardface coatings materials will play a vital role in the energy technologies of the coming decades, with major applications in diverse areas ranging from aerospace and commercial propulsion systems (jet engines) to automotive components and internal combustion engines, (ceramic heat engines), cutting and machining tools, electronic packaging, thermal management, and possibly room-temperature superconductors. Wear and associated erosion aspects are responsible for an enormous expenditure of energy and fiscal resources in almost all DOE applications. Many of the results from this investigation arc also applicable to other materials processing reactors such as electron beam, PVD, CVD, laser ablation, microwave, high energy cathodic arc, thermal plasma (rf or dc) and combustion spray. These also include the various hybrid systems such as the rf/dc arc as used in Japan for diamond deposition and e-beam PVD deposition of advanced titanium alloy coatings as used at the Paton Institute in Kiev, Ukraine.
Laser Diagnostics of Plasma Assisted Combustion
Author: Xing Rao
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781124371467
Category : Electronic dissertations
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781124371467
Category : Electronic dissertations
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Plasmas and Gases
Author: K Muraoka
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420034065
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Updated and expanded from the original Japanese edition, Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas takes a unique approach in treating laser-aided diagnostics. The book unifies the subject by joining applications instead of describing each application as a totally separate system. In taking this approach, it highlights the relative strengths of
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420034065
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Updated and expanded from the original Japanese edition, Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas takes a unique approach in treating laser-aided diagnostics. The book unifies the subject by joining applications instead of describing each application as a totally separate system. In taking this approach, it highlights the relative strengths of
Plasma Diagnostics
Author: Orlando Auciello
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483216241
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Plasma Diagnostics, Volume 1: Discharge Parameters and Chemistry covers seven chapters on the important diagnostic techniques for plasmas and details their use in particular applications. The book discusses optical diagnostic techniques for low pressure plasmas and plasma processing; plasma diagnostics for electrical discharge light sources; as well as Langmuir probes. The text also describes the mass spectroscopy of plasmas, microwave diagnostics, paramagnetic resonance diagnostics, and diagnostics in thermal plasma processing. Electrical engineers, nuclear engineers, microwave engineers, chemists, and technical personnel in universities, industry, and national laboratories will find the book invaluable.
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483216241
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Plasma Diagnostics, Volume 1: Discharge Parameters and Chemistry covers seven chapters on the important diagnostic techniques for plasmas and details their use in particular applications. The book discusses optical diagnostic techniques for low pressure plasmas and plasma processing; plasma diagnostics for electrical discharge light sources; as well as Langmuir probes. The text also describes the mass spectroscopy of plasmas, microwave diagnostics, paramagnetic resonance diagnostics, and diagnostics in thermal plasma processing. Electrical engineers, nuclear engineers, microwave engineers, chemists, and technical personnel in universities, industry, and national laboratories will find the book invaluable.
Laser Diagnostics for Combustion Temperature and Species
Author: Alan C. Eckbreth
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789056995324
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Focusing on spectroscopically-based, spatially-precise, laser techniques for temperature and chemical composition measurements in reacting and non-reacting flows, this book makes these powerful and important new tools in combustion research
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789056995324
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Focusing on spectroscopically-based, spatially-precise, laser techniques for temperature and chemical composition measurements in reacting and non-reacting flows, this book makes these powerful and important new tools in combustion research
Research in Molecular Laser Plasmas
Author: N. G. Basov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781468416244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781468416244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Development of Optical Diagnostics of Plasma-related Phenomena and Applications
Author: Yupan Bao
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789189391574
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Optical diagnostics techniques based on coded imaging were developed and applied for plasma-related phenomena and applications. The signal of interest is first encoded with a sinusoid pattern either by structured laser illumination or implement of a diffractive optical element, such as a grating, along the optical path of the signal. The coded signal will then be extracted from the raw data by a lock-in based algorithm, such as frequency recognition algorithm for multiple exposures (FRAME). Two types of non-thermal plasma sources, i.e., gliding arc discharges and nanosecond pulsed discharges, were investigated. Volumetric information of molecular distributions around a gliding arc was captured using laser-induced fluorescence with structured illumination and FRAME. Laser scattering imaging during the formation of a nanosecond pulsed discharge on a at methane-air flame was extracted from luminous plasma emission using structured laser illumination. Furthermore, a technique named periodic shadowing was applied for streak camera measurements, where both higher temporal contrast and effective dynamic range were achieved. The gliding arc plasma discharge was also applied in an industrial prototype burner as plasma-assisted combustion has been proven to be a promising technique to increase energy efficiency as well as reduce environmentally harmful emission. With the help of 0.1% additional energy, the lean blow-out limit of a hundred kilowatt burner was extended from a global equivalence ratio of 0.47 to 0.45.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789189391574
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Optical diagnostics techniques based on coded imaging were developed and applied for plasma-related phenomena and applications. The signal of interest is first encoded with a sinusoid pattern either by structured laser illumination or implement of a diffractive optical element, such as a grating, along the optical path of the signal. The coded signal will then be extracted from the raw data by a lock-in based algorithm, such as frequency recognition algorithm for multiple exposures (FRAME). Two types of non-thermal plasma sources, i.e., gliding arc discharges and nanosecond pulsed discharges, were investigated. Volumetric information of molecular distributions around a gliding arc was captured using laser-induced fluorescence with structured illumination and FRAME. Laser scattering imaging during the formation of a nanosecond pulsed discharge on a at methane-air flame was extracted from luminous plasma emission using structured laser illumination. Furthermore, a technique named periodic shadowing was applied for streak camera measurements, where both higher temporal contrast and effective dynamic range were achieved. The gliding arc plasma discharge was also applied in an industrial prototype burner as plasma-assisted combustion has been proven to be a promising technique to increase energy efficiency as well as reduce environmentally harmful emission. With the help of 0.1% additional energy, the lean blow-out limit of a hundred kilowatt burner was extended from a global equivalence ratio of 0.47 to 0.45.
Lasers-Induced Plasmas and Applications
Author: Leon J. Radziemski
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000147371
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
This book discusses the physics of plasma initiation and reviews the features of dissipating, propagating plasmas. It deals with advances in diagnostics for high-energy, laser-fusion plasmas. The book reviews the basic physical processes, plasma characteristics of the "continuous optical discharge".
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000147371
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
This book discusses the physics of plasma initiation and reviews the features of dissipating, propagating plasmas. It deals with advances in diagnostics for high-energy, laser-fusion plasmas. The book reviews the basic physical processes, plasma characteristics of the "continuous optical discharge".
Nonlinear Laser Diagnostics for Combustion and Plasma Processes
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Significant milestones for quantitative laser-based diagnostics of reacting flows were reached on two separate tasks: (1) the extension of laser-based diagnostics to shorter vacuum ultraviolet (vuv) wavelengths and (2) the development of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) diagnostics for light atoms. For the first task, phase-matching was applied to produce significant increases in vuv laser intensities, producing over 5 mu J at Lyman alpha (121.6 nm) in a mixture of krypton and argon. Factors affecting the long-term stability of vuv powers were studied. The diagnostic potential of two-photon excited ASE of atomic hydrogen and oxygen was explored in a variety of low-pressure flames. Direct ASE gain measurements gave oxygen concentrations. A model of the ASE signal was developed, and a new understanding of both ASE and laser-induced fluorescence of two-photon excited atoms emerged from this model.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Significant milestones for quantitative laser-based diagnostics of reacting flows were reached on two separate tasks: (1) the extension of laser-based diagnostics to shorter vacuum ultraviolet (vuv) wavelengths and (2) the development of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) diagnostics for light atoms. For the first task, phase-matching was applied to produce significant increases in vuv laser intensities, producing over 5 mu J at Lyman alpha (121.6 nm) in a mixture of krypton and argon. Factors affecting the long-term stability of vuv powers were studied. The diagnostic potential of two-photon excited ASE of atomic hydrogen and oxygen was explored in a variety of low-pressure flames. Direct ASE gain measurements gave oxygen concentrations. A model of the ASE signal was developed, and a new understanding of both ASE and laser-induced fluorescence of two-photon excited atoms emerged from this model.