Premixed Combustion Simulations with a Self-Consistent Plasma Model for Initiation

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Abstract

Combustion simulations of H2-O2 ignition are presented here, with a self-consistent plasma uid model for ignition initiation. The plasma uid equations for a nanosecond pulsed discharge are solved and coupled with the governing equations of combustion. The discharge operates with the propagation of cathode directed streamer, with radical species produced at streamer heads. These radical species play an important role in the ignition process. The streamer propagation speeds and radical production rates were found to be sensitive to gas temperature and fuel-oxidizer equivalence ratio. The oxygen radical production rates strongly depend on equivalence ratio and subsequently results in faster ignition of leaner mixtures.

Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2016 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 4 Jan 20168 Jan 2016

Conference

Conference54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period4/01/168/01/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All Rights Reserved.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-2C00-65851

Other Report Number

  • AIAA 2016-2158

Keywords

  • combustion simulations
  • plasma fluid

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