- Author
- Santoro, R. J.
- Title
- Fundamental Mechanisms for CO and Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames. Annual Progress Report. May 1, 1990-June 30, 1991.
- Coporate
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Annual Progress Report, 1991, 41 p.
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB0D1035
- Keywords
- diffusion flames | carbon monoxide | soot formation | hydroxyl radicals | sampling | laminar flames | probes
- Identifiers
- soot particles; particle laden combustion flows; gas sampling probes
- Abstract
- The following report summarizes the research efforts during the grant period May 1, 1990 through June 30, 1991 for the grant 60NANB0D1035, entitled "Fundamental Mechanisms for CO and Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames". This report also encompasses the progress during the fourth quarter of the grant and will serve as a quarterly report for that period as well. During the pase year, efforts have emphasized several areas including: (1) the mechanism of CO formation and destruction in the presence of soot particles, (2) measurements of CO concentrations in underventilated diffusion flames, (3) measurements of hydroxyl radical concentrations in overventilated laminar diffusion flames in the presence of soot particles and (4) the development of a series of sampling probe techniques for obtaining some of the necessary measurements in these soot laden flames. In the following sections, progress made in each of these areas will be summarized. Since in some cases publications or papers in preparation for submission to journals have resulted, these are included as appendices and provide additional details.