Laser-based diagnostics in the gas-phase synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles

T Dreier, C Schulz - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
As gas-phase methods for the synthesis of tailored nanomaterials become increasingly
sophisticated, the need for in situ diagnostics of reaction conditions and particle properties …

Effects of hydrogen and nitrogen on soot volume fraction, primary particle diameter and temperature in laminar ethylene/air diffusion flames

Z Sun, B Dally, G Nathan, Z Alwahabi - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
This study reports the effects of hydrogen (H 2) and nitrogen (N 2) blended into the fuel on
soot evolution and flame temperature in axisymmetric ethylene/air diffusion flames at …

Simultaneous measurements of gas temperature, soot volume fraction and primary particle diameter in a sooting lifted turbulent ethylene/air non-premixed flame

D Gu, Z Sun, BB Dally, PR Medwell, ZT Alwahabi… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Simultaneous, planar measurements of flame temperature (T), soot volume fraction (fv),
primary particle diameter (dp) and the derived number density of primary particles (N p) are …

Diode laser-based thermometry using two-line atomic fluorescence of indium and gallium

J Borggren, W Weng, A Hosseinnia, PE Bengtsson… - Applied Physics B, 2017 - Springer
A robust and relatively compact calibration-free thermometric technique using diode lasers
two-line atomic fluorescence (TLAF) for reactive flows at atmospheric pressures is …

Understanding and interpreting laser diagnostics in flames: A review of experimental measurement techniques

MJ Evans, PR Medwell - Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There is a wealth of existing experimental data of flames collected using laser diagnostics.
The primary objective of this review is to provide context and guidance in interpreting these …

Experimental investigation of acoustic forcing on temperature, soot volume fraction and primary particle diameter in non-premixed laminar flames

KK Foo, Z Sun, PR Medwell, ZT Alwahabi, BB Dally… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of the acoustic-driven oscillation frequency on the structure and the soot
formation of a laminar non-premixed ethylene flame is presented. The flames were forced at …

Insight into the dissociation mechanism of ethanol molecule over the nano-aluminum surface: a density functional theory study

C Xie, Y Sun, B Zhu, P Guo, J Liu - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Nano-Al-ethanol-based nanofluid fuel as a high-energy fuel has broad application prospects
in the field of aviation vehicles. However, the detailed reaction mechanism of ethanol over …

Influence of nozzle diameter on soot evolution in acoustically forced laminar non-premixed flames

KK Foo, Z Sun, PR Medwell, ZT Alwahabi… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The current study investigated the soot evolution in a series of acoustically forced laminar
flames affected by the variations in the nozzle diameter, in-flame residence time and …

Improvement of precision and accuracy of temperature imaging in sooting flames using two-line atomic fluorescence (TLAF)

D Gu, Z Sun, GJ Nathan, PR Medwell, ZT Alwahabi… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Severe interference to the fluorescence signal from seeded indium has previously limited
the application of current non-linear excitation regime two-line atomic fluorescence (NTLAF) …

Simultaneously calibrated two-line atomic fluorescence for high-precision temperature imaging in sooting flames

Z Sun, Z Alwahabi, B Dally, G Nathan - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2019 - Elsevier
Simultaneously calibrated, non-linear two-line atomic fluorescence (SC-nTLAF) thermometry
for application in turbulent sooting flames has been developed to increase the precision of …