UV absorption of CO2 for temperature diagnostics of hydrocarbon combustion applications

J. B. Jeffries, C. Schulz, D. W. Mattison, M. A. Oehlschlaeger, W. G. Bessler, T. Lee, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson

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Abstract

The first use of UV absorption measurements to determine temperature was demonstrated using five different experimental examples to illustrate the utility in hydrocarbon combustion applications of this new temperature diagnostic strategy. Transmission measurements of cw laser light at 266 nm were used to determine time-resolved temperature in shock-heated CO2. Similar transmission measurements were used to infer time-resolved temperature behind a detonation wave in a pulse-detonation engine using absorption from equilibrium concentrations of the CO2 combustion product. The absorption of pulsed laser light near 226 nm was used to infer temperature in the burnt gases of a premixed high-pressure CH4 flame. Wavelength-resolved absorption of light from a broadband UV deuterium lamp was time-resolved with a kinetic spectrograph to acquire time-resolved absorption spectra illustrating the measurement of temperature in a system with changing temperature and CO2 mole fraction. Time-gated, spectrally resolved transmission of a deuterium lamp was used to derive temperature at specific crank angles in a piston engine. These examples demonstrate that temperature measurements based on UV optical absorption of CO2 have good potential for use in various hydrocarbon combustion applications. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 30th International Symposium on Combustion (Chicago, IL 7/25-30/2004).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages13
Number of pages1
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event30th International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Symposium Papers - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Jul 25 2004Jul 30 2004

Other

Other30th International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Symposium Papers
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period7/25/047/30/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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