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 …

Probing soot formation, chemical and physical evolution, and oxidation: A review of in situ diagnostic techniques and needs

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
Soot is responsible for notoriously detrimental effects on human health, air quality, and
global and regional climate. Controlling soot emissions to the atmosphere will require …

Study of the formation of soot and its precursors in flames using optical diagnostics

P Desgroux, X Mercier, KA Thomson - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
Soot particle emission from combustion processes is a significant environmental and health
problem. Optical detection is clearly the only viable choice for in situ PAH and soot …

Laser diagnostics and chemical kinetic analysis of PAHs and soot in co-flow partially premixed flames using diesel surrogate and oxygenated additives of n-butanol …

H Liu, P Zhang, X Liu, B Chen, C Geng, B Li… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of oxygenated fuels on soot reduction strongly depend on the base fuel.
Interesting candidates from oxygenated fuels in this respect include both n-butanol and 2, 5 …

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 …

Two-color diffused back-illumination imaging as a diagnostic for time-resolved soot measurements in reacting sprays

J Manin, LM Pickett, SA Skeen - SAE International Journal of Engines, 2013 - JSTOR
Despite ongoing research efforts directed at reducing engine-out emissions, diesel engines
are known to be one of the largest sources of atmospheric particulate matter (ie, soot) …

Investigation of optical properties of aging soot

F Migliorini, KA Thomson, GJ Smallwood - Applied Physics B, 2011 - Springer
The optical properties of soot, in particular the propensity of soot to absorb and scatter light
as a function of wavelength, are key parameters for the correct interpretation of soot optical …

Are emissions of black carbon from gasoline vehicles underestimated? Insights from near and on-road measurements

J Liggio, M Gordon, G Smallwood, SM Li… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Measurements of black carbon (BC) with a high-sensitivity laser-induced incandescence
(HS-LII) instrument and a single particle soot photometer (SP2) were conducted upwind …

Spectrally resolved light absorption properties of cooled soot from a methane flame

AR Coderre, KA Thomson, DR Snelling, MR Johnson - Applied Physics B, 2011 - Springer
The optical properties of combustion-generated soot, crucial information for quantitative soot
emission diagnostics and for climate modeling, have been determined for the particular case …

[HTML][HTML] Can laser-induced incandescence calibrated by laser extinction method be used for quantitative determination of soot volume fraction in laminar flames?

Z Zhang, L Zhou, X He - Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This review is conducted to assess the effectiveness of the laser extinction method (LEM)
calibrated laser-induced incandescence (LII) to quantitatively determine the soot volume …