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OH LIF Studies of Low Temperature Plasma Assisted Oxidation and Ignition in Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge

Choi, Inchul
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1299098588

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering.
In recent years, plasma assisted ignition and flame-holding in high speed flows has attracted considerable attention due to potential applications for turbojet engines and afterburners operating at high altitudes, as well as scramjet engines. Conventional methods of igniting a flow in the combustor using a spark or an arc discharge are known to be ineffective at low pressures and high flow velocities, since the ignition kernel is limited by a small volume of the spark or arc filament. Single photon LIF spectroscopy is used to study hydroxyl radical formation and loss kinetics in low temperature hydrogen-air repetitively pulsed nanosecond plasmas. Nanosecond pulsed plasmas are created in a rectangular cross section quartz channel / plasma flow reactor. Flow rates of hydrogen-air mixtures are controlled by mass flow controllers at a total pressure of 40-100 torr, initial temperature T0=300-500 K and a flow velocity of approximately u=0.1-0.8 m/sec. Two rectangular copper plate electrodes, rounded at the corners to reduce the electric field non-uniformity, are attached to the outside of the quartz channel. Repetitively pulsed plasmas are generated using a Chemical Physics Technologies (CPT) power supply which produces ~25 nanosecond pulses with ~20 kV peak voltage. Absolute hydroxyl radical mole fraction is determined as both a function of time after application of a single 25 nsec pulse, and 60 microseconds after the final pulse of a variable length “burst” of pulses. Relative LIF signal levels are put on an absolute mole fraction scale by means of calibration with a standard near-adiabatic Hencken flat flame burner at atmospheric pressure. By obtaining OH LIF data in both the plasma and the flame, and correcting for differences in the collisional quenching and Vibrational Energy Transfer (VET) rates, absolute OH mole fraction can be determined. For a single discharge pulse at 27 °C and 100 °C, the absolute OH temporal profile is found to rise rapidly during the initial ~0.1 msec after discharge initiation and decay relatively slowly, with a characteristic time scale of ~1 msec. In repetitive burst mode the absolute OH number density is observed to rise rapidly during the first approximately 10 pulses (0.25 msec), and then level off to a near steady-state plateau. In all cases a large secondary rise in OH number density is also observed, clearly indicative of ignition, with ignition delay equal to approximately 15, 10, and 5 msec, respectively, for initial temperatures of 27 °C, 100 °C, and 200 °C. Plasma kinetic modeling predictions capture this trend quantitatively.
Walter R. Lempert, PhD (Advisor)
Igor V. Adamovich, PhD (Committee Member)
Joseph W. Rich, PhD (Committee Member)
Jeffrey A. Sutton, PhD (Committee Member)
167 p.
Mechanical Engineering
Laser-Induced Fluorescence; Hydroxyl; Plasma Assisted Combustion; Kinetics; Optical Diagnostics

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  • Choi, I. (2011). OH LIF Studies of Low Temperature Plasma Assisted Oxidation and Ignition in Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1299098588

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Choi, Inchul. OH LIF Studies of Low Temperature Plasma Assisted Oxidation and Ignition in Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge. 2011. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1299098588.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Choi, Inchul. "OH LIF Studies of Low Temperature Plasma Assisted Oxidation and Ignition in Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1299098588

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