Synchrotron x-ray fluorescence has been used to measure temperatures in optically dense
gases where traditional methods would fail. These data provide a benchmark for stringent …

High-fidelity temperature field measurements have been made for several heavily-sooting
ethylene/air flames that have historically been challenging environments for conventional …

Temperature measurements were performed in nonpremixed, sooting jet flames using
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS). The jet fluid was ethylene diluted with …

We have developed fiber-based optical thermocouples (OTCs) for fast temperature sensing
in extreme environments. Our OTCs consist of a thin film of dysprosium-doped yttrium …

Fractional-order moment formulations of the quadrature method of moments (QMOM) and
conditional quadrature method of moments (CQMOM) with a fixed quadrature point at the …

We investigate the use of an experimental 2-D temperature profile to constrain detailed
numerical solutions of a sooting coflow laminar diffusion flame. Experimentally, four optical …

Recently, we reported on the development of a series of Dy-doped organic molecular
crystals (with analogous material properties to energetic organic molecular crystals) for use …

Soot production in turbulent flames represents an urgent issue for applied systems and
raises a range of fundamental challenges. Most of the literature effort on this question has …

In modern-day life, energy is primarily supplied by the combustion of carbon-containing
fuels. As global economic and population growth occurs, the demand for energy, and …

This thesis provides an improved characterisation of the evolution of soot nanoparticles in
laminar and turbulent flames with a particular focus on the transition from nucleation to solid …