Research on Energy Conversion Application by Low-Temperature Plasma Discharge
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 228
Special Issue Editors
Interests: non-equilibrium plasma; low-carbon energy; energy conversion; combustion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Research on Energy Conversion Application by Low-Temperature Plasma Discharge”.
At present, the energy conversion application by low-temperature plasma plays an important role in addressing severe carbon emission and global warming issues. Low-temperature plasma generated from solar, wind, and hydro energy is a promising technology which can address the intermittency and storage challenge of renewable electricity. Low-temperature plasma has shown remarkable advantages in enhancing ignition, extending flammability, accelerating chemical synthesis, and reducing emissions for the energy conversion application. The volumetric production of chemically active species, gas heating, and fuel fragments in a low-temperature plasma can modify conventional reaction pathways and interact with catalysts and materials via kinetic, thermal, and transport pathways.
This Special Issue aims to present the recent research on energy conversion application by low-temperature plasma discharge using both experiments and numerical modelling. The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the applications of low-temperature plasma on combustion, propulsion, catalytic synthesis, emission control, interactions with materials, etc.
Dr. Xingqian Mao
Dr. Hongtao Zhong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-temperature plasma
- energy conversion
- renewable energy
- plasma–catalytic synthesis
- combustion
- propulsion
- plasma–material interactions
- emission control
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