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Flame thermometry using laser induced grating spectroscopy of nitric oxide

Abstract:
A systematic study of laser-Induced thermal grating scattering (LITGS) using nitric oxide as an absorbing species is presented as a means of thermometry in air-fed combustion. The relative contributions to the scattered signal from degenerate four-wave mixing, DFWM, and from laser induced thermal grating scattering, LITGS, are studied in the time domain for NO in N2 buffer gas up to 4 bar, using a pulsed laser system to excite the (0,0) -bands of NO at 226.21 nm. LITGS signals from combustion-generated NO in a laminar, pre-mixed CH4/O2/N2 flame on an in-house constructed slot burner were used to derive temperature values as a function of O2 concentration and position in the flame at 1 bar and 2.5 bar total pressure. Temperature values consistent with the calculated adiabatic flame temperature were derived from averaged LITGS signals over 50 – 100 single shots at 10 Hz repetition rate in the range 1600 K – 2400 K with a pressure-dependent uncertainty of ±1.8% at 1 bar to ±1.4% at 2.5 bar. Based on observed signal-to-noise ratios the minimum detectable concentration of NO in the flame is estimated to be 80 ppm for a 5 second measurement time at 10 Hz repetition rate.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s00340-018-6912-2

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics; Atomic & Laser Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
Oxford college:
Jesus College
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Publisher:
Springer
Journal:
Applied Physics B More from this journal
Volume:
124
Pages:
43
Publication date:
2018-02-13
Acceptance date:
2018-02-03
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EISSN:
1432-0649
ISSN:
0946-2171


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823131
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2018-02-08

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