Magnetic Field Control of Combustion Dynamics

Earth’s Magnetic Field for Spacecraft Attitude Control Applications (TECHNICAL NOTE)

In this paper the earth’s magnetic field is simulated precisely while the intensity and direction of the field are verified with one of the standard references for selected points on the earth and the results are compared with some low-order models. In another simulation, the complete model is compared with a common approximate model. The magnetic field in orbital frame is described and to empl...

Combustion Enhancers in Diesel Engines: Magnetic Field Option

Particulate Matter (PM) is one of the major harmful substances in diesel exhaust gas. Technologies like the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) have been positioned at the exhaust to reduce the quantity of harmful substances released to the environment. This paper highlights the factors that affect combustion in diesel engines and the potential of the introductio...

Understanding and Control of Combustion Dynamics in Gas Turbine

Transient combustion control of internal combustion engines

This thesis addresses the problem of combustion control for automotive engines. A method is proposed to complement existing controllers, which use lookup tables based on steady-state operation. During transients, the new control method adjusts fast control variables (ignition or injection time) to compensate for deviations in the cylinder initial conditions from their optimal values due to the ...

Ultracold Plasma Dynamics in a Magnetic Field

Title of dissertation: ULTRACOLD PLASMA DYNAMICS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD Xianli Zhang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Dissertation directed by: Professor Steven Rolston Department of Physics Plasmas, often called the fourth state of matter and the most common one in the universe, have parameters varying by many orders of magnitude, from temperature of a few hundred kelvin in the Earth’s ionosphere to 1...