Plasma Assisted Combustion and Chemical Processing

This book introduces the opportunities of plasma assisted combustion and chemical processing for low carbon energy conversion using renewable electricity. Covering the fundamentals of plasma physics and chemistry, the book details the mechanisms and technologies of plasma enhanced combustion, chemical process, and pollutant control.

Plasma Assisted Combustion and Chemical Processing provides an introduction to the opportunities of plasma-assisted combustion and chemical processing for green energy conversion using renewable electricity. Covering the fundamentals of combustion and plasma physics and chemistry, it details the mechanisms and technologies of plasma-enhanced combustion, chemical process, materials manufacturing and recycling, and pollutant control. Addressing future challenges and opportunities of plasma-assisted combustion and electrified green manufacturing, this book covers the state-of-art methods of modeling and diagnostic tools to optimize the process design. This book offers graduate students and researchers a comprehensive review of the fundamentals and research frontier in this emergent field. Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.