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    Enhancement of flame development by microwave-assisted spark ignition in constant volume combustion chamber

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    Authors
    Wolk, Benjamin
    DeFilippo, Anthony
    Chen, Jyh-Yuan
    Dibble, Robert W. cc
    Nishiyama, Atsushi
    Ikeda, Yuji
    KAUST Grant Number
    025478
    Date
    2013-07
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/598191
    
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    Abstract
    The enhancement of laminar flame development using microwave-assisted spark ignition has been investigated for methane-air mixtures at a range of initial pressures and equivalence ratios in a 1.45. l constant volume combustion chamber. Microwave enhancement was evaluated on the basis of several parameters including flame development time (FDT) (time for 0-10% of total net heat release), flame rise time (FRT) (time for 10-90% of total net heat release), total net heat release, flame kernel growth rate, flame kernel size, and ignitability limit extension. Compared to a capacitive discharge spark, microwave-assisted spark ignition extended the lean and rich ignition limits at all pressures investigated (1.08-7.22. bar). The addition of microwaves to a capacitive discharge spark reduced FDT and increased the flame kernel size for all equivalence ratios tested and resulted in increases in the spatial flame speed for sufficiently lean flames. Flame enhancement is believed to be caused by (1) a non-thermal chemical kinetic enhancement from energy deposition to free electrons in the flame front and (2) induced flame wrinkling from excitation of flame (plasma) instability. The enhancement of flame development by microwaves diminishes as the initial pressure of the mixture increases, with negligible flame enhancement observed above 3. bar. © 2013 The Combustion Institute.
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    Wolk B, DeFilippo A, Chen J-Y, Dibble R, Nishiyama A, et al. (2013) Enhancement of flame development by microwave-assisted spark ignition in constant volume combustion chamber. Combustion and Flame 160: 1225–1234. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.02.004.
    Sponsors
    This research at the University of California, Berkeley was partially supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Cooperative Agreement No. 025478 entitled, "Electromagnetically Enhanced Combustion: Electric Flames". Data collection efforts were assisted by David Vuilleumier, Jeff Young, and Ruben Maldonado.
    Publisher
    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Combustion and Flame
    DOI
    10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.02.004
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.02.004
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