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Hello I am a first year Mechatronics major (yes its a real major), and currently looking into the effects that magnetic and electric fields have on combustion. I have a few questions.
1) Concerning the electric field effects are the ions carried on the wall that carries the corresponding current or simply attracted to it?
2)How would ionic wind come into play within combustion, even if the electric charge is less than the corona discharge would heated ionized air simply be pushed by any amount of electric charge? (answer seemingly is yes but I haven't found much online to be helpful)
3) If the charge was applied from the interior then it would make the engine a Faraday cage so no eternal charge could be measured?
4) Concerning the magnetic field I understand how it allows for a better mixture to be achieved and a better burn to be completed, however are there other contributing factors to the observed reduction in no' and co'?
Many articles online state both these can attribute to lower emissions of engines however I was hoping for an expert(which this forum seems to have many) for a more conceptual explanation and not just test results. Any help is greatly appreciated.
magnetic effect article http://www.insipub.com/ajbas/2010/6354-6358.pdf
electric effect article http://www.combustion.org.uk/ECM_2007/ecm2007_papers/18-9.pdf
1) Concerning the electric field effects are the ions carried on the wall that carries the corresponding current or simply attracted to it?
2)How would ionic wind come into play within combustion, even if the electric charge is less than the corona discharge would heated ionized air simply be pushed by any amount of electric charge? (answer seemingly is yes but I haven't found much online to be helpful)
3) If the charge was applied from the interior then it would make the engine a Faraday cage so no eternal charge could be measured?
4) Concerning the magnetic field I understand how it allows for a better mixture to be achieved and a better burn to be completed, however are there other contributing factors to the observed reduction in no' and co'?
Many articles online state both these can attribute to lower emissions of engines however I was hoping for an expert(which this forum seems to have many) for a more conceptual explanation and not just test results. Any help is greatly appreciated.
magnetic effect article http://www.insipub.com/ajbas/2010/6354-6358.pdf
electric effect article http://www.combustion.org.uk/ECM_2007/ecm2007_papers/18-9.pdf
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