Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)

 

TITLE

Comment on ‘Potential Uses of Microwaves to Increase Internal Combustion Engine Efficiency and Reduce Exhaust Pollutant’ [PDF]

AUTHORS

R.M. Clements and P.R. Smy

1978

13

4

363-366

YEAR

VOLUME

ISSUE

PAGES

 

Abstract

Ward discusses a number of measurements of ionization density in flames and in an IC engine. Langmuir probes were used in such measurements and because of both experimental effects and the theoretical description of these probes has improved greatly in the last few years the magnitude of the ionization density which these papers report may well be too high.