Effect of an electric field on surface combustion

Abstract

The effect of an electric field on the surface combustion of both lean and rich stirred gas mixtures was studied. The voltage–current characteristics of a current flow through gas were constructed. It was found that the confinement of surface combustion and a decrease in the temperature of a wire screen over the matrix are possible in the presence of an electric field. A change in the matrix polarity from negative to positive leads to an increase in electrical current in the circuit by an order of magnitude. Upon the arrangement of an impenetrable screen over the matrix, the matrix temperature can increase or decrease with the negative or positive polarity of the matrix, respectively.