Laser-induced incandescence: Particulate diagnostics for combustion, atmospheric, and industrial applications

HA Michelsen, C Schulz, GJ Smallwood… - Progress in Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The understanding of soot formation in combustion processes and the optimization of
practical combustion systems require in situ measurement techniques that can provide …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of methods to characterize the mass, size, and morphology of soot

TA Sipkens, A Boies, JC Corbin, RK Chakrabarty… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion and other high-temperature processes can produce solid aerosol nanoparticles
with complex morphologies, including fractal-like aggregates of primary particles …

Effects of maturity and temperature on soot density and specific heat

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an analysis of measurements of density and specific heat, coupled with
X-ray crystallography data, for 47 solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) spanning a …

Wavelength dependence of extinction in sooting flat premixed flames in the visible and near-infrared regimes

J Simonsson, NE Olofsson, S Török, PE Bengtsson… - Applied Physics B, 2015 - Springer
A diode-laser-based setup was used for extinction measurements at various heights in two
flat premixed sooting ethylene/air flames in order to investigate the wavelength dependence …

Soot maturity and absorption cross sections

X López-Yglesias, PE Schrader… - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2014 - Elsevier
We used time-resolved laser-induced incandescence (LII) to compare optical and physical
properties of soot at the edge and in the center of two co-flow diffusion flames in common …

Probing the smallest soot particles in low-sooting premixed flames using laser-induced incandescence

H Bladh, NE Olofsson, T Mouton, J Simonsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work we investigate nascent soot particles by analyzing laser-induced incandescence
(LII) signals obtained in low-sooting premixed flames. The analysis covers two data sets …

Evolution of properties for aging soot in premixed flat flames studied by laser-induced incandescence and elastic light scattering

NE Olofsson, J Simonsson, S Török, H Bladh… - Applied Physics B, 2015 - Springer
A detailed study has been made of soot growth in two premixed flat ethylene/air flames, at
Φ= 2.1 and Φ= 2.3, where focus has been on following the change in optical properties from …

Effects of carbon dioxide addition to fuel on soot evolution in ethylene and propane diffusion flames

J Wu, L Chen, PE Bengtsson, J Zhou, J Zhang… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The influence of carbon dioxide addition to the fuel on soot evolution in ethylene and
propane diffusion flames was studied by optical diagnostics. The mole fraction of CO 2 …

Soot formation and flame structure in swirl-stabilized turbulent non-premixed methane combustion

LY Wang, S Chatterjee, Q An, AM Steinberg… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationships between flow field, flame structure, and soot distribution were investigated
experimentally in turbulent 4 kW non-premixed swirl flames of methane and air at three …

Response of real-time black carbon mass instruments to mini-CAST soot

L Durdina, P Lobo, MB Trueblood… - Aerosol Science and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Soot is a climate forcer and a dangerous air pollutant that has been increasingly regulated.
In aviation, regulatory measurements of soot mass concentration in the exhaust of aircraft …