Abstract:
Over the last decade, non-thermal plasmas have shown good potential for applications in gas turbines and aero-engines. More specifically they were successfully used to increase the flammability range, increase the burning velocity and control thermo-acoustic instabilities in several configurations. However, the vast majority of these studies were performed at atmospheric pressure. Therefore, are these non-thermal plasma a realistic option for flame actuation in gas turbines, for which high-pressure turbulent flows are the norm? In this colloquium, after introducing the different combustion processes and explaining how we can achieve plasma-assisted combustion, I will present some of the recent results we have obtained in my group, on high-pressure turbulent flame actuation by nanosecond repetitively pulsed plasma discharges.
Bio:
Deanna A. Lacoste received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Poitiers, France, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Since 2016, she has been an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering with the Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Her current research interests include plasma-assisted combustion, nonequilibrium plasma discharges at atmospheric pressure, control of flame dynamics, and detonation.
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