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Results are presented from experimental studies and numerical calculations of the ignition of a stoichiometric CH4: O2 gas mixture by a high-current gliding discharge. It is shown that this type of discharge generates an axially propagating thermal wave (precursor) that penetrates into the gas medium and leads to fast gas heating. This process is followed by an almost simultaneous ignition of the gas mixture over the entire reactor volume.
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Original Russian Text © N.K. Berezhetskaya, S.I. Gritsinin, V.A. Kop’ev, I.A. Kossyi, P.S. Kuleshov, N.A. Popov, A.M. Starik, N.M. Tarasova, 2009, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 520–532.
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Berezhetskaya, N.K., Gritsinin, S.I., Kop’ev, V.A. et al. Ignition of a combustible gas mixture by a high-current electric discharge in a closed volume. Plasma Phys. Rep. 35, 471–483 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X09060038
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