阴极直径对等离子体射流点火器放电特性的影响

等离子体射流点火器产生的高温射流能够有效提高点火效率,为了研究阴极直径对等离子体射流点火器特性的影响,利用建立的实验测量系统,测量了不同阴极直径和工作介质气体质量流量下等离子体射流点火器的放电特性,并对实验结果进行分析。实验结果表明:减小阴极直径可以降低电弧着火条件,抑制电弧分流的发生;随着工作介质质量流量的增大,电弧电压和功率均值先增大后减小;随着阴极直径的增大,电弧电压和功率减小;阴极直径对电弧弧根跳动等不规则运动现象具有较大影响。     

等离子体射流点火的动力学机理分析

为深入研究等离子体点火射流中主要活性粒子种类及摩尔分数对煤油/空气混合气燃烧过程的影响规律及主要影响途径,采用敏感性分析和化学反应速率(rate of production,ROP)分析方法对等离子体点火过程的化学反应机理进行了计算分析。计算结果表明:O原子、H原子、CH基能显著缩短煤油/空气混合气的点火延迟时间,且粒子摩尔分数越大对点火延迟时间的影响越显著;CH基通过基元反应R32和R34在缩短煤油/空气混合气点火延迟时间过程中占主导作用,在加入2%CH基后煤油/空气混合气的点火延迟时间为9.85μs,与基准工况相比缩短了68.2%;O原子和H原子对煤油/空气混合气的点火延迟时间的影响效果相当。     

空气等离子体射流动态过程分析

等离子体射流可有效提高点火效率,为探究等离子体射流动态特性,建立了实验测量系统,利用高速CCD相机记录等离子体点火射流发展过程,分析了等离子体射流击穿过程和稳定工作过程特性。实验结果表明:设计的等离子体点火器电弧击穿时间为65 ns,击穿电压为9.2 k V,射流形成时间约为1.62 ms;大尺度分流周期约为1.1~1.8 ms,小尺度分流周期约为0.1~0.16 ms;电极温度的均匀度、高速旋流气体对电弧发展以及射流形成过程中的强烈脉动有不同程度的影响;射流核不存在稳定区域。     

Investigation of flame structure in plasma-assisted turbulent premixed methane-air flame

The mechanism of plasma-assisted combustion at increasing discharge voltage is investigated in detail at two distinctive system schemes (pretreatment of reactants and direct in situ discharge).OH-planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique is used to diagnose the turbulent structure methane-air flame,and the experimental apparatus consists of dump burner,plasma-generating system,gas supply system and OH-PLIF system.Results have shown that the effect of pretreatment of reactants on flame can be categorized into three regimes:regime Ⅰ for voltage lower than 6.6 kV;regime Ⅱ for voltage between 6.6 and 11.1 kV;and regime Ⅲ for voltage between 11.1 and 12.5 kV.In regime Ⅰ,aerodynamic effect and slower oxidation of higher hydrocarbons generated around the inner electrode tip plays a dominate role,while in regime Ⅲ,the temperature rising effect will probably superimpose on the chemical effect and amplify it.For wire-cylinder dielectric barrier discharge reactor with spatially uneven electric field,the amount of radicals and hydrocarbons are decreased monotonically in radial direction which affects the flame shape.With regard to in situ plasma discharge in flames,the discharge pattern changes from streamer type to glow type.Compared with the case of reactants pretreatment,the flame propagates further in the upstream direction.In the discharge region,the OH intensity is highest for in situ plasma assisted combustion,indicating that the plasma energy is coupled into flame reaction zone.