Announcing a Special Issue of the
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Plasma-Assisted Combustion
(Scheduled for December 2008)

The Technical Committee on Plasma Science and Applications of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society along with the Guest Editors invite contributions to the Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science on Plasma-Assisted Combustion to appear in December 2008.

Increasing the efficiency of the burning of fossil fuels and curbing the emission of carbon dioxide are critical issues facing the industrialized world in this first decade of the 21st Century. It is now apparent that the application of plasmas to enhance combustion processes is one promising way to address these issues. A special forum for scientists and researchers to disseminate and review the current research and applications in this field is needed and two previous special issues of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science have provided such a forum and has served as an archival domain for the publication of new scientific, technological, and application results in plasma science and technology.

The intention of this Special Issue is to provide an integrated forum for high-quality publications in the field and to promote further interest and exchange of technical information in this exciting and technologically important area of plasma science. Contributions are solicited in, but not restricted to, the following topics:

• Physics/chemistry of effects of plasmas on flames and deflagration-to-detonation transition.
• Use of plasmas to promote and/or improve efficiency in engines (automotive, aircraft, etc.) or flames and/or burners.
• Plasma sources (e.g., jets) for improved ignition and flame stabilization.
• Applications to aircraft pulsed detonation engines.
• Applications to pollution reduction (i.e., combustion efficiency improvement - not exhaust cleaning).
• Applications to fuel reforming/conversion (e.g., fossil fuel to hydrogen, waste to fuel).
• New and prospective applications.

Both full-paper and shorter technical-note manuscripts will receive consideration for publication in this Special Issue.

All contributions should reach the Guest Editors no later than 15 March 2008 at the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Manuscript Central website at http://tps-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com . Questions regarding the Special Issue on Plasma-Assisted Combustion can be addressed to the Guest Editors: