A theoretical study of the microwave heating of a cylindrical shell, flame-front electron plasma in an internal combustion engine
✍ Scribed by M.A.V. Ward; T.T. Wu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 763 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-2180
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✦ Synopsis
The possibility of heating flame-front electrons with microwaves in a combusting ah'-fucl mixture in the internal combustion eni~ne is considered by means of a model problem. In the model the combustion ,'humber is assumed to be a closed metallic cylinder (cavity) excited in the TMoI o microwave mode. and the electrical loading of an assumed cylindrical shell, flame-front electron plasma is evaluated. It is shown that for the generally accepted averase values of the plasma properties of atmospheric hydrocarbon-air flames, and for typical combustion chamber properties, effective transference of microwave energy to flame-front electron energy occurs. The feasibility, therefore, of efficient microwave heating of flame-front electrons in engines is established.