Experimental investigation of effects of airflows on plasma-assisted combustion actuator characteristics

The effects of the airflow on plasma-assisted combustion actuator(PACA) characteristics are studied in detail. The plasma is characterized electrically, as well as optically with a spectrometer. Our results show that the airflow has an obvious influence on the PACA characteristics. The breakdown voltage and vibrational temperature decrease, while the discharge power increases compared with the stationary airflow. The memory effect of metastable state species and the transportation characteristics of charged particles in microdischarge channel are the dominant causes for the variations of the breakdown voltage and discharge power, respectively, and the vibrational temperature calculated in this work can describe the electron energy of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma in PACA. These results offer new perspectives for the use of PACA in plasma-assisted combustion.     

Impacts of air pressure on the evolution of nanosecond pulse discharge products

Based on the nonequilibrium plasma dynamics of air discharge, a dynamic model of zero-dimensional plasma is established by combining the component density equation, the Boltzmann equation, and the energy transfer equation. The evolution properties of nanosecond pulse discharge (NPD) plasma under different air pressures are calculated. The results show that the air pressure has significant impacts on the NPD products and the peak values of particle number density for particles such as O atoms, O3 molecules, N2(A3) molecules in excited states, and NO molecules. It increases at first and then decreases with the increase of air pressure. On the other hand, the peak values of particle number density for N2(B3) and N2(C3) molecules in excited states are only slightly affected by the air pressure.     

喷管结构形式对爆震发动机性能影响分析

为了研究喷管结构形式对爆震发动机性能的影响,本文以氢气和氧气混合物为例,对不同喷管结构形式的爆震发动机工作过程进行了数值模拟。模拟结果表明:采用收敛型喷管可以增加爆震管内压力,但会造成喷管内的负推力;采用扩张型喷管会使得喷管内的压力迅速下降,但可以提供正推力;采用收扩型喷管时喷管的冲量一般较低,但爆震管的冲量会有提升,可以显著提高爆震发动机性能。     

直流电弧等离子体点火器化学效应研究

为研究直流电弧等离子体点火器的化学效应,测量了点火器喷出的等离子体射流的发射光谱,分析得到等离子体射流与常压环境空气相互作用产生的粒子种类,通过烟气分析仪定量测量了距离点火器出口8cm处的NO和CO含量,并研究了点火器弧电流、工作介质流量对NO和CO体积分数的影响。实验结果表明:等离子体点火器喷出的等离子体射流与环境空气相互作用可产生活性粒子H,O和N,带电粒子O2+,N2+和激发态粒子N2(A3),N2(B3),N2(C3)和O2(b1)等;增大弧电流、工作介质流量,等离子体射流头部附近NO和CO体积分数增大。     

高气压下交流旋转滑动弧放电特性实验研究

本文针对恶劣条件下滑动弧等离子体放电稳定性问题,搭建了高气压交流旋转滑动弧放电实验系统,开展了高气压下交流旋转滑动弧放电特性实验,并对其放电特性、电弧运动特性、光谱特性进行了分析.研究结果表明:随着介质气体压力的升高,滑动弧放电的电压、电流、能量均呈现增大趋势,当介质气体压力升高到0.52 MPa时,滑动弧放电的能量从常压下的84.74 J增大到147.13 J;且随着介质气体压力的升高,电弧的击穿频率并不是单调变化,而是在0.2 MPa时达到最大为26.55 kHz;高气压下电弧运动过程中会出现“弧道骤变”现象;随着介质气体压力的升高,滑动弧放电的整体光谱发射强度呈现变强趋势;通过两谱线法对滑动弧放电的电子激发温度进行了计算,常压下滑动弧放电的电子激发温度为0.8153 eV,随着介质气体压力的升高,电子激发温度呈现升高趋势,当介质气体压力达到0.4 MPa时,滑动弧放电的电子激发温度升高至5.3165 eV.     

空气放电非平衡等离子体的模拟计算

 基于空气放电非平衡等离子体动力学,对空气放电进行了数值计算,分析了放电后等离子体中的主要粒子（N₂(v6),N₂(A3),O₂(a1),O和O₃）数密度随起始温度、电子数密度和约化场强的变化趋势。计算结果表明,随着初始温度的升高,空气放电产生的粒子数密度增加。温度为300 K时,放电产生的O原子数密度最大值约为4.90×⁷ cm^-3,而当温度升高到400 K和500 K时,O原子数密度的最大值则相应地增加到5.2×10¹⁰ cm^-3和5.51×10¹⁰ cm^-3。约化场强的影响与温度类似,其中氮气的振动激发态N₂(v6)数密度随约化场强的变化幅度不明显。电子数密度增加,粒子数密度大幅增加,氮分子的激发态N₂(A3)粒子数密度与电子数密度保持严格的线性关系。