Profile
Prof Nicolas MINESI
Principal Investigator
Prof Nicolas MINESI is a Professor at CentraleSupélec in Université Paris Saclay. He also works in Laboratoire EM2C at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).
France
Researchers
HYCOMBS
Research Interest
Combustion: pollutant emissions, ammonia, kinetics. Plasma physics and applications: nanosecond repetitively pulsed (NRP) discharges, plasma-assisted combustion, non-equilibrium kinetics, CH4 reforming.
Diagnostics: calibrated optical emission spectroscopy (OES), laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS), laser-induced fluorescence (LIF).
Key Publications
Google Scholar Link
N. M. Kuenning, I. C. Sanders, N. Q. Minesi, D. I. Pineda and R. M. Spearrin, “High-temperature absorption cross-sections and interference-immune sensing method for formaldehyde near 3.6-μm,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 309, p. 108 690, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108690.
A. P. Nair, N. Q. Minesi, N. M. Kuenning, A. R. Keller and R. M. Spearrin, “Optical pressure sensing at MHz rates via collisional line broadening of carbon monoxide: Uncertainty quantification in reacting flows,” Applied Physics B, vol. 129, no. 4, 2023. doi: 10.1007/s00340-023-07985-1.
N. Q. Minesi, M. O. Richmond, C. C. Jelloian, N. M. Kuenning, A. P. Nair and R. M. Spearrin, “Multi-line boltzmann regression for near-electronvolt temperature and CO sensing via mhz-rate infrared laser absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Physics B, vol. 128, no. 12, 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00340-022-07931-7.
N. Q. Minesi, V. P. Blanchard, E. Pannier, G. D. Stancu and C. O. Laux, “Plasma-assisted combustion with nanosecond discharges. I: Discharge effects characterization in the burnt gases of a lean flame,” Plasma Sources Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 4, p. 045 029, 2022. doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac5cd4.
G. Vignat et al., “Improvement of lean blow out performance of spray and premixed swirled flames using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 6559–6566, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.136.