In this work, a microwave-assisted spark ignition was investigated for premixed lean methane/air mixtures. Experiments were performed in a combustion chamber with a constant volume. The initial pressure of the chamber was set to 0.1MPa and 1Mpa. Equivalence ratio Ø was varied from 0.51 to 0.6 to investigate the ignition behavior near the lean limit. High temperature regions in flames were visualized by the Schlieren photography using a high speed video camera. When the irradiation delay of microwave is 200 μs and the pulse frequency is 10 kHz, the probability of ignition reached maximum. A microwave irradiation to the mixture enable to ignite the mixture of equivalence ratio of 0.52.


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    Title :

    Ignition Performance of Pulsed Microwave-Assisted Sparks in Lean Methane/Air Mixture


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    JSAE/SAE 2015 International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting ; 2015



    Publication date :

    2015-09-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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