Innovative technologies need to be developed to cope with current energy/environmental issues. Due to electron impact reactions in electrical discharges, a plasma technology can be considered to create innovative ideas to many energy/environmental applications. Plasma assisted combustion is my focused area, which includes a fuel reforming, electrically assisted flame control, and electrical discharge assisted combustion based on various plasma sources in atmospheric pressure.
Selected Publications
The reformation of liquid hydrocarbons in an aqueous discharge reactor X. Zhang and M. S. Cha J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., in press (2015)
Tip opening of premixed Bunsen flames: extinction with negative stretch and local Karlovitz number T. M. Vu, M. S. Cha, B. J. Lee, and S. H. Chung Combust. Flame, 162:1614-1621 (2015)
AC electric field induced vortex in laminar coflow diffusion flames Y. Xiong, M. S. Cha, and S. H. Chung Proc. Combust. Inst. 35:3515-3520 (2015)
Partial oxidation of methane in a temperature-controlled dielectric barrier discharge reactor X. Zhang and M. S. Cha Proc. Combust. Inst. 35:3447-3454 (2015)
Fuel density effect on near nozzle flow field in small laminar coflow diffusion flames Y. Xiong, M. S. Cha, and S. H. Chung Proc. Combust. Inst. 35:873-880 (2015)
Soot reduction under DC electric fields in counterflow nonpremixed laminar ethylene flames D. G. Park, B. C. Choi, M. S. Cha, and S. H. Chung Combust. Sci. Tech., 186:644-656 (2014)
Stability enhancement of ozone-assisted laminar premixed Bunsen flames in nitrogen co-flow T. M. Vu, S. H. Won, T. Ombrello, and M. S. Cha Combust. Flame, 161: 917-926 (2014)
Electron-induced dry reforming of methane in a temperature-controlled dielectric barrier discharge reactor X. Zhang and M. S. Cha J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 46: 415205 (2013)
Premixed combustion under electric field in a constant volume chamber M. S. Cha and Y. Lee IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 40:3131-3138 (2012)
Efficient use of CO2 reforming of methane with an arc-jet plasma N. K. Hwang, Y.-H. Song, and M. S. Cha IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 38:3291-3299 (2010)
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1999
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1995
2011-2015: Principal Research Scientist, Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2000 – 2011: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM), Daejeon, Korea - Head, Department of Technology Management and Marketing (2010 – 2011) - Principal Researcher (2008 – 2011) - Senior Researcher (2000 – 2007)
2005 – 2011: Adjunct Professor, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Korea
2007 – 2009: Adjunct Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
2004 – 2005: Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1999 – 2000: Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Machinery and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Awards
Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Combustion, 2008
Ji Seok-Young Award (Patent of the year) Korea Intellectual Property Office, 2007
Newtech Korea Award (Technology of the year) Ministry of Knowledge Economy, 2007
Young Investigators Award, Third Asian Pacific Conference on Combustion, 2003
KAUST Affiliations
Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)
