Perspectives on NOX Emissions and Impacts from Ammonia Combustion Processes

S Mashruk, H Shi, L Mazzotta, CE Ustun… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Climate change and global warming necessitate the shift toward low-emission, carbon-free
fuels. Although hydrogen boasts zero carbon content and high performance, its utilization is …

Ignition enhancement and NOx formation of NH3/air mixtures by non-equilibrium plasma discharge

X Mao, H Zhong, N Liu, Z Wang, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
This work computationally studies plasma assisted low temperature NH 3/air ignition and
NO x formation in a repetitively-pulsed nanosecond discharge at atmospheric pressure by …

Numerical investigation of the hybrid pulse–DC plasma assisted ignition and NOx emission of NH3/N2/O2 mixture

Y Qiu, Y Zhu, Y Wu, N Zhao, Z Li, M Hao, B Zhang… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ignition delay and NO emission characteristics of the NH 3/N 2/O 2 mixture under the
influence of pulse–DC hybrid plasma discharges have been studied. The plasma and …

High pressure ammonia/methanol oxidation up to 100 atm

Z Wang, B Mei, N Liu, A Thawko, X Mao, H Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
High pressure ammonia/methanol oxidation and NO x formations were investigated using a
recently developed supercritical pressure jet-stirred reactor (SP-JSR) at 20 and 100 atm with …

1D modeling of plasma streamers at ammonia-air flame conditions

TS Taneja, H Sitaraman, S Yang - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-consistent 1D modeling of streamers in ammonia-oxygen-nitrogen-water mixtures has
been performed in this work. A fluid model that includes species transport, electrostatic …

Kinetic roles of excited state species in the oxidation of n-pentane/air assisted by nanosecond-pulsed discharge

N Liu, Q Chen, X Jiang, J Chen, L Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the significant advancement in plasma assisted combustion recently, many of the
underlying plasma/combustion interaction mechanisms remain unknown. Critical data such …

Kinetic insights into nanosecond pulsed plasma assisted NH3/O2/Ar ignition with R-matrix cross section

N Liu, H Chen, M Zhang, Q Chen, X Jiang… - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
This work experimentally and numerically studied the kinetic roles of non-equilibrium
nanosecond pulsed discharge in the oxidation and ignition of NH 3/O 2/Ar mixture at low …

Enhancements of electric field and afterglow of non-equilibrium plasma by Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 ferroelectric electrode

Y Xu, N Liu, Y Lin, X Mao, H Zhong, Z Chang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Manipulating surface charge, electric field, and plasma afterglow in a non-equilibrium
plasma is critical to control plasma-surface interaction for plasma catalysis and …

Unraveling Nonequilibrium Generation of Atomic Nitrogen and Hydrogen in Plasma-Aided Ammonia Synthesis

N Liu, X Mao, C Kondratowicz, TY Chen, B Mei… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nonequilibrium generation of atomic nitrogen and hydrogen governing ammonia production
both in the gas phase and on the catalyst surface is critical to plasma-aided ammonia …

Kinetics of low temperature plasma assisted NH3/H2 oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed discharge

N Liu, B Mei, X Mao, Z Wang, Z Sun, Y Xu, Z Shi… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) has been widely recognized as one of the carbon-neutral fuels. However,
ammonia combustion suffers low reactivity and high N 2 O/NO x emissions. To overcome …