- Author
- Benhachmi, D.
- Title
- Rayleigh Thermometry in a Laminar Premixed Methane-Air Flame.
- Coporate
- George Washington Univ.
- Keywords
- laminar flames | premixed flames | lasers | signals | burners | flame temperature | noise (sound) | flow rates | fuels | air | algorithms
- Identifiers
- optical system; jet and flow measuring system; sources of errors and noise; accuracy considerations; ptimum focusing parameters; dependence of equivalence ratio on volumetric flow rate of fuel and air at standard conditions; calculations of experimental flow conditions; Rayleigh scattering theory; Rayleigh cross sections of flame components
- Abstract
- The work presented in this thesis is an experimental study on the applicability of low power lasers to Rayleigh scattering thermometry. An optical set up involving a 15 mw He-Ne laser and a data acquisition system were used to measure scattered radiation from a premixed laminar methane-air flame. Temperature traverse profiles were extracted from scttered signals from transverse measurements at different axial locations in the flame.