scholarly journals Electric Field Control of the Polluting Emissions from a Propane Flame

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108

The present study is performed with the aim to reduce the levels of polluting emissions from fuel combustion that produce acid rains and the greenhouse effect (NOx, CO2). The electric field effects on the processes of heat/mass transfer and propane combustion are studied in order to perform electric control of the levels of polluting emissions from the flame. The results of experimental studies show the direct influence of the electric field's enhanced mass transfer on local variations of the flame composition and fuel combustion. The related variations of the flame temperature, processes of soot formation, carbon capture and deposition along the flame channel flow are studied by varying the field strength and the equivalence ratio of the propane-air mixture. The results show that the electric field effect on soot for- mation, carbon capture and sequestration, for fuel-rich flame flow, can be used to reduce the levels of CO2 emissions from the flame. In addition, the field-enhanced heat/ mass transfer to the channel walls, for fuel-lean conditions, can be used to control the fuel combustion, flame temperature and temperature- sensitive levels of NOx emissions. The most pronounced electric field effects on fuel combustion and composition of the products are observed in the limit of the weak fields (U<1,2 kV, E<105 V m-1).

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (24) ◽  
pp. 3813-3820 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. K. Hamer ◽  
W. F. Reynolds

Vinyl proton chemical shifts of styrene and six 4-substituted styrenes have been determined at infinite dilution in cyclohexane. It is shown that changes in the chemical shift difference of the β protons, Δ(δC − δB) can be accounted for by electric field effects. Reasonable values of the constant in the Buckingham equation of(−3.11 ± 0.50) × 10−12 and (−4.77 ± 0.83) × 10−12 are obtained from two different types of field effect calculations. Residual chemical shift changes for β protons after correction for electric field effects can be explained in terms of mesomeric and possibly inductive mechanisms. α-Proton chemical shift values cannot be satisfactorily rationalized. Small concentration effects are noted, usually resulting in high field shifts with increasing concentration. Previous results are reexamined in order to resolve a conflict in the literature.


1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 440-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. I. Dorman ◽  
I. V. Dorman

Experimental data on the atmospheric electric field effect in the cosmic-ray muon component are discussed on the basis of the general theory of cosmic-ray meteorological effects. In this framework, we develop the theory of atmospheric electric field effects in the hard- and soft-muons of secondary cosmic rays and in the neutron-monitor counting rates as well. We show that the experimental results can be understood on the basis of this theory. We also show that a sufficient atmospheric electric field effect in the cosmic-ray neutron component is to be expected because the neutron monitors work as analyzers of soft muons and really detect only negative muons as well as neutrons.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108

The present studies aimed to obtain clean fuel combustion and get detailed information about the processes that determine the electric field effect on NOx formation in flame channel flows. The experimental studies demonstrate that the interaction between the radial electric field and the flame initiates the field-forced drift motion of positive radical ions in a field direction. The energy exchange between ions and gas particles produces interrelated heat and mass transfer to the negatively biased channel walls. Hence, by varying the applied voltage, a field-enhanced reducing of a flame temperature is obtained, thereby lowering thermal NOx formation during the fuel combustion up to 30-80%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Chen ◽  
Yaoyu Gu ◽  
Kaiyuan Zhou ◽  
Zishuang Li ◽  
Liyuan Li ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (6-8) ◽  
pp. 465-470
Author(s):  
L. Valade ◽  
A. Ekedahl ◽  
P. Ghendrih ◽  
Y. Sarazin ◽  
Y. Asahi ◽  
...  

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