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Thermal Management of Smart Combustion with Non-equilibrium Plasma

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25249015
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Thermal engineering
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

Tomita Eiji  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (80155556)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SASAKI Koichi  北海道大学, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (50235248)
AKAMATSU Fumiteru  大阪大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (10231812)
IKEDA Yuji  イマジニアリング株式会社, 代表取締役 (10212789)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KAWAHARA Nobuyuki  岡山大学, 大学院自然科学研究科, 准教授 (30314652)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥47,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥36,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,890,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥36,660,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,460,000)
Keywords燃焼 / 熱機関 / プラズマ支援燃焼 / 含水エタノール / 非平衡プラズマ / マイクロ波 / OHラジカル / マイクロ波発振パターン / 火炎伝播速度 / プラズマストリーク / 熱工学 / プラズマ応用 / 二酸化炭素削減 / 含水燃料 / マイクロ波共振回路 / 着火 / レーザー点火
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We propose plasma-assisted combustion that is different from conventional combustion to reduce harmful exhaust emissions as well as carbon dioxide in this study. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between ignition and combustion and non-equilibrium plasma under the conditions from room temperature and atmospheric pressure to high temperature and pressure both physically and chemically. And then, fundamental phenomena were revealed to create a new research field of smart combustion and these findings were applied to heat power engines. The effect of microwave plasma on radical density and combustion, radical behavior and combustion characteristics in the process of laser ignition superimposed with non-equilibrium plasma, and the effect of microwave on wet ethanol combustion and chemical reaction were investigated. A propagating flame could be controlled spatially and temporally with microwave. As a result, the possibility of new combustion with microwave was found.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Annual Research Report
  • 2013 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (39 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results) Presentation (32 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Electron temperatures and electron densities in microwave helium discharges with pressures higher than 0.1 MPa2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki, S. Soma, H. Akashi, M. ElSabbagh, and Y. Ikeda
    • Journal Title

      Contrib. Plasma Phys.

      Volume: 55 Issue: 8 Pages: 563-569

    • DOI

      10.1002/ctpp.201500033

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Combustion characteristics of wet ethanol ignited using a focused Q-switched Nd:YAG nanosecond laser2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazi Mostafijur Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      Fuel

      Volume: 165 Pages: 331-340

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.fuel.2015.10.067

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Effect of ambient pressure on local concentration measurement of transient hydrogen jet in a constant-volume vessel using spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy2015

    • Author(s)
      Md Tasyrif Abdul Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

      Volume: 40 Issue: 13 Pages: 4717-4725

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.121

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Effects of dielectric barrier discharge on methane/air laminar lean premixed flame2014

    • Author(s)
      鈴木誠志, 林 潤, 赤松史光
    • Journal Title

      Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese)

      Volume: 80 Issue: 815 Pages: TEP0198-TEP0198

    • DOI

      10.1299/transjsme.2014tep0198

    • NAID

      130005004934

    • ISSN
      2187-9761
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Visualization and Concentration Measurement of a Direct-Injection Hydrogen Jet in a Constant-Volume Vessel Using Spark-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy2014

    • Author(s)
      Md Tasyrif Abdul Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

      Volume: 39 Issue: 31 Pages: 17896-17905

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.08.146

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Laser-induced plasma generation and evolution in a transient spray2014

    • Author(s)
      Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, and Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      Optics Express

      Volume: 22-S1 Issue: S1 Pages: A44-A44

    • DOI

      10.1364/oe.22.000a44

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ignition characteristics of methane/air premixed mixture by microwave-enhanced laser-induced breakdown plasma2013

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, Yuji Ikeda, Jun Hayashi and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Journal Title

      Optical Express

      Volume: 21-S6 Issue: S6 Pages: A1094-A1094

    • DOI

      10.1364/oe.21.0a1094

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] マイクロ波プラズマ重畳によるレーザー点火特性の向上2016

    • Author(s)
      劉 晨,林 潤,沢田雄介,赤松史光,西山 淳,池田裕二
    • Organizer
      第91期日本機械学会関西支部定時総会講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      寝屋川市,大阪
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Local air-fuel ratio measurement using spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS) in a hydrogen DISI engine2016

    • Author(s)
      Nobuyuki Kawahara, Eiji Tomita, Yasuo Takagi, Yuji Mihara
    • Organizer
      2nd International Forum on Advanced Technologies (IFAT2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokushima
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 誘電体バリア放電の空間アフターグロー中でのレーザー着火実験2016

    • Author(s)
      出口 祐世, 佐々木 浩一
    • Organizer
      プラズマ・核融合学会北海道地区研究連絡会第19回研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] マイクロ波重畳レーザ点火の点火特性2015

    • Author(s)
      劉 晨,林 潤,赤松史光,西山 淳,池田裕二
    • Organizer
      第53回燃焼シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      つくば国際会議場
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 誘電体バリア放電の空間アフターグロー中でのレーザー着火実験で観測された火炎核の伝播速度2015

    • Author(s)
      出口 祐世, 佐々木 浩一
    • Organizer
      第76回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋国際会議場
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Application of microwave enhanced plasma spectroscopy to evaluate limit of detection of contamination in aqueous liquid jet2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Ikeda, A. Nishiyama, A. Moon
    • Organizer
      8th Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser- Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (EMSLIBS2015)
    • Place of Presentation
      Linz, Austria
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of Duty Ratio on Microwave-enhanced Laser Ignition2015

    • Author(s)
      Chen Liu, Jun Hayashi, Fumiteru Akamatsu, Atsushi Nishiyama, Asha Moon and Yuji Ikeda
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Laser Ignition Conference ’15 (LIC’15)
    • Place of Presentation
      Argonne, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Studies of Laser Ignition for the Constant Volume Combustion Vessel in Osaka Univ.2015

    • Author(s)
      Jun Hayashi, Noriaki Nakatsuka and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Laser Ignition Conference ’15 (LIC’15)
    • Place of Presentation
      Argonne, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Experimental Study on Combustion Characteristics of Wet Ethanol Ignited by Laser-Induced Breakdown2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazi Mostafijur Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Laser Ignition Conference ’15 (LIC’15)
    • Place of Presentation
      Argonne, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 未燃混合気への非平衡プラズマ重畳による燃焼促進効果に関する数値解析2015

    • Author(s)
      河野翔太,寶珠山美歩,林 潤,赤松史光
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会関西支部第90期定時総会講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学 桂キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-16 – 2015-03-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Evaluating Effect of Elevated Water Content on Laser-Ignition Characteristics of Premixed Charge of Ethanol-Air2014

    • Author(s)
      Kazi M. Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      第52回燃焼シンポジウム講演論文集
    • Place of Presentation
      岡山コンベンションセンター
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-03 – 2014-12-05
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Electron temperatures and electron densities in multi-atmospheric-pressure microwave helium discharges2014

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki, S. Soma, M. ElSabbagh, and Y. Ikeda
    • Organizer
      14th International Symposium on High Pressure Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry
    • Place of Presentation
      Hotel Baltic, Zinnowitz, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-21 – 2014-09-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] LOD of Contamination in Aqueous Liquid Jet2014

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Nishiyama, and Yuji Ikeda
    • Organizer
      The 8th International Conference on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS2014)
    • Place of Presentation
      Beijing, China
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-08 – 2014-09-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of Microwave-Enhanced Laser Ignition in Methane/air Premixed Mixture2014

    • Author(s)
      Jun Hayashi, Kenji Yoneda, Kiyoshi Sugeta, Liu Chen, Fumiteru Akamatsu, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon and Yuji Ikeda
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Laser Ignition Conference (LIC 14)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-22 – 2014-04-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of Laser Irradiation Delay on the Laser Ignition Characteristics of Hydrogen Jet Injected into a Constant-volume Combustion Vessel2014

    • Author(s)
      Jun Hayashi, Kiyoshi Sugeta, Liu Chen, Kenji Yoneda, Yoshiro Tokunaga, Iwao Morimoto and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Laser Ignition Conference (LIC 14)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-22 – 2014-04-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Laser Ignition Characteristics of Hydrous Ethanol2014

    • Author(s)
      Kazi Mostafijur Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Laser Ignition Conference (LIC 14)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-22 – 2014-04-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 大気圧以上のガス圧を有するマイクロ波プラズマにおけるレーザートムソン散乱計測(II)2014

    • Author(s)
      相馬 俊太郎,池田 裕二,佐々木 浩一
    • Organizer
      第61回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学(神奈川県)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Gas temperatures in high-pressure microwave plasmas for plasma-assisted combustion in automobile engines2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Soma, R. Tsuruoka, Y. Ikeda, and K. Sasaki
    • Organizer
      XXXI International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
    • Place of Presentation
      グラナダ国際会議場(スペイン)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Thomson scattering in high-pressure microwave plasmas for plasma-assisted combustion in automobile engines2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki, S. Soma, and Y. Ikeda
    • Organizer
      66th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Westin Hotel Princeton (USA)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 大気圧以上のガス圧を有するマイクロ波プラズマにおけるレーザートムソン散乱計測2013

    • Author(s)
      相馬 俊太郎,池田 裕二,佐々木浩一
    • Organizer
      第74回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      同志社大学(京都府)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mixing Process of Direct Injection Hydrogen Jet in a Constant Volume Vessel by Using Spark-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      Md Tasyrif bin Abdul Rahman, Nobuyuki Kawahara and Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      SAE/KSAE 2013 International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Seoul (Korea)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 火花点火機関における火花誘起ブレイクダウン分光法による局所空燃比計測-火花放電の特性が分光スペクトルに与える影響-2013

    • Author(s)
      神代雄大, 河原伸幸, 冨田栄二
    • Organizer
      第24 回内燃機関シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] マイクロ波プラズマを用いたスプレーガイド直噴機関の着火特性2013

    • Author(s)
      河原伸幸, 冨田栄二, 中藤彰彦,池田裕二
    • Organizer
      第51 回燃焼シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      大田区産業プラザ(東京)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 定容容器内に噴射された水素噴流に対するレーザ点火時期の燃焼特性への影響2013

    • Author(s)
      菅田 靖, 林 潤, 米田憲司, 劉 晨, 赤松史光, 森本 巌, 徳永佳郎
    • Organizer
      第51回燃焼シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      大田区産業プラザ(東京)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Application of Plasma-Assisted Combustion to Internal Combustion Engine

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      1st Laser Ignition Conference (LIC8-1)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Interaction between laser-induced plasma and fuel spray

    • Author(s)
      Nobuyuki Kawahara, Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      1st Laser Ignition Conference (LIC8-3)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ignition characteristics of methane/air premixed mixture by microwave enhanced laser-induced breakdown plasma

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, Yuji Ikeda, Jun Hayashi and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Organizer
      1st Laser Ignition Conference, (LIC8-4)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of laser ignition in methane/air premixed gas with pico-second pulse duration laser

    • Author(s)
      Jun Hayashi, Noriaki Nakatsuka, Kenji Furui, Tomoki Okada, Takunori Taira and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Organizer
      1st Laser Ignition Conference (LIC8-5)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of Laser Profiles on Laser Ignition of Methane/air Premixed gas

    • Author(s)
      Jun Hayashi, Noriaki Nakatsuka, Yusuke Sawanaka, Tomoki Okada, Kenji Furui and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Organizer
      1st Laser Ignition Conference (LIC8-6)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of Initial Molar Density of Methane/air Pre-Mixture on Ignition Using Laser-Induced Breakdown

    • Author(s)
      Noriaki Nakatsuka, Jun Hayashi and Fumiteru Akamatsu
    • Organizer
      1st Laser Ignition Conference, (LIC8-7)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] マイクロ波を重畳したレーザー誘起ブレイクダウンによるメタン空気予混合気の着火特性

    • Author(s)
      林 潤, 西山 淳, 文 雅司, 米田憲司, 菅田 清, 池田裕二, 赤松史光
    • Organizer
      自動車技術会 2013年春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 空気中に噴射される水素噴流に対するレーザー誘起ブレイクダウンを用いた点火

    • Author(s)
      林 潤, 古井憲治, 菅田 靖, 中塚記章, 森本 巌, 徳永佳郎, 赤松史光
    • Organizer
      2013年機械学会年次大会
    • Place of Presentation
      岡山大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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