In-cylinder temperature measurements using laser induced grating spectroscopy and two-colour PLIF

B Scott, C Willman, B Williams, P Ewart, R Stone… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - JSTOR
In-cylinder temperature measurements are vital for the validation of gasoline engine
modelling and useful in their own right for explaining differences in engine performance. The …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature measurements under diesel engine conditions using laser induced grating spectroscopy

F Förster, C Crua, M Davy, P Ewart - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
Crank angle-resolved temperatures have been measured using laser induced grating
spectroscopy (LIGS) in a motored reciprocating compression machine to simulate diesel …

Two-wavelength PLIF diagnostic for temperature and composition

DA Rothamer, JA Snyder, RK Hanson… - SAE International Journal …, 2009 - JSTOR
Laser excitation wavelengths for two-line planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) of 3-
pentanone have been optimized for simultaneous imaging of temperature and composition …

Multi-component quantitative PLIF: robust engineering measurements of cyclic variation in a firing spray-guided gasoline direct injection engine

B Williams, P Ewart, R Stone, H Ma, H Walmsley… - 2008 - sae.org
Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence has been widely accepted and applied to
measurements of fuel concentration distributions in IC engines. The need for such …

Liquid fuel visualization using laser-induced fluorescence during cold start

M Dawson, S Hochgreb - SAE transactions, 1998 - JSTOR
The presence of liquid fuel inside the engine cylinder is believed to be a strong contributor to
the high levels of hydrocarbon emissions from spark ignition (SI) engines during the warm …

Optimization of a tracer-based PLIF diagnostic for simultaneous imaging of EGR and temperature in IC engines

DA Rothamer, JA Snyder, RK Hanson, RR Steeper - Applied Physics B, 2010 - Springer
A tracer-based planar laser-induced fluorescence (TB-PLIF) imaging diagnostic using 3-
pentanone has been optimized for use in IC engines. The diagnostic utilizes dual …

Laser-induced phosphorescence measurements of combustion chamber surface temperature on a single-cylinder diesel engine

JT Kashdan, G Bruneaux - 2011 - sae.org
Non-intrusive, crank-angle resolved measurements of piston temperature have been
performed in a single-cylinder direct-injection (DI) Diesel engine operating under highly …

Laser-induced phosphorescence and the impact of phosphor coating thickness on crank-angle resolved cylinder wall temperatures

C Knappe, P Andersson, M Algotsson, M Richter… - … International Journal of …, 2011 - JSTOR
In order to further improve the energy conversion efficiency in reciprocating engines,
detailed knowledge about the involved processes is required. One major loss source in …

High precision in-cylinder gas thermometry using laser induced gratings: quantitative measurement of evaporative cooling with gasoline/alcohol blends in a GDI …

B Williams, M Edwards, R Stone, J Williams… - Combustion and flame, 2014 - Elsevier
The first application of Laser Induced Thermal Gratings Spectroscopy (LITGS) for precision
thermometry in a firing GDI optical engine is reported. Crank-angle resolved temperature …

Quantitative planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging of multi-component fuel/air mixing in a firing gasoline-direct-injection engine: effects of residual exhaust gas …

B Williams, P Ewart, X Wang, R Stone, H Ma… - Combustion and …, 2010 - Elsevier
A study of in-cylinder fuel–air mixing distributions in a firing gasoline-direct-injection engine
is reported using planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging. A multi-component fuel …