| dc.contributor.advisor | Jeffrey Phillip Freidberg. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Burns, Barrett A. (Barrett Adams), 1972- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Nuclear Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-09-06T20:47:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-09-06T20:47:23Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2004 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26912 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 2004. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 69). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | An analysis was conducted to determine the behavior of a high pressure electric arc discharge inside the Plasmatron Fuel Reformer. The Plasmatron Fuel Reformer uses an electric arc to partially combust fuel in an internal combustion engine to increase efficiency and reduce emissions. Solutions of the conservation equations for the arc yield temperature, pressure and velocity profiles for arcs with 0.2-0.8 A currents. Acquired knowledge was used to predict arc radius and power delivered by the arc as a function of current. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Barrett A. Burns. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 69 leaves | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 1754010 bytes | |
| dc.format.extent | 1753372 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Nuclear Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | A theoretical plasma physics model of the plasmatron | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Engineering | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 56504524 | en_US |
