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Author
Klingbeil, A. E. | Porter, J. M. | Jeffries, J. B. | Hanson, R. K.
Title
Two-Wavelength Mid-IR Absorption Diagnostic for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Hydrocarbon Fuel Concentration.
Coporate
Stanford Univ., CA
Report
Volume 32; Part 1,
Book or Conf
Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 32nd. Proceedings. Volume 32. Part 1. August 3-8, 2008, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Montreal, Canada, Dagaut, P.; Sick, V., Editors, 821-829 p., 2009
Keywords
combustion | hydrocarbon fuels | lasers | temperature | FT-IR | heptane | spectroscopy | high temperature | absorption | kinetics | shock tubes
Identifiers
Mid-IR laser absorption; temperature sensing; fuel concentration; shock-heated gases; wavelength-selection criteria; selection rule #1: select wavelengths for the best SNR; selection rule #2: minimize interference from other species; selection rule #3: select wavelengths that are accessible by the laser; temperature-dependent absorption spectrum of n-heptane using FTIR; measurements of high-temperature absorption cross-sections; DFG laser modified for two-wavelength operation; use of two-wavelength sensor for fuel kinetics studies