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Stabilization of liquid hydrocarbon fuel combustion by using a programmable microwave discharge in a subsonic airflow

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Under conditions of a programmable discharge (a surface microwave discharge combined with a dc discharge), plasma-enhanced combustion of alcohol injected into a subsonic (M = 0.3–0.9) airflow in the drop (spray) phase is stabilized. It is shown that the appearance of the discharge, its current-voltage characteristic, the emission spectrum, the total emission intensity, the heat flux, the electron density, the hydroxyl emission intensity, and the time dependences of the discharge current and especially discharge voltage change substantially during the transition from the airflow discharge to stabilized combustion of the liquid hydrocarbon fuel. After combustion stabilization, more than 80% of liquid alcohol can burn out, depending on the input power, and the flame temperature reaches ∼2000 K.

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    P. V. Kopyl, O. S. Surkont, V. M. Shibkov & L. V. Shibkova

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Original Russian Text © P.V. Kopyl, O.S. Surkont, V.M. Shibkov, L.V. Shibkova, 2012, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2012, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 551–561.

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Kopyl, P.V., Surkont, O.S., Shibkov, V.M. et al. Stabilization of liquid hydrocarbon fuel combustion by using a programmable microwave discharge in a subsonic airflow. Plasma Phys. Rep. 38, 503–512 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X12050054

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