High speed imaging in fundamental and applied combustion research

V Sick - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2013 - Elsevier
This overview presents examples of applications of high frame rate imaging diagnostics in
fundamental and applied combustion research. Progress in the performance of high frame …

Review of laboratory swirl burners and experiments for model validation

YM Al-Abdeli, AR Masri - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Swirl combustion, whether of gaseous fuels or sprays, forms the basis of many thermal
power generation systems and to effective design and optimisation of these complex …

Applications of quantitative laser sensors to kinetics, propulsion and practical energy systems

RK Hanson - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2011 - Elsevier
Laser diagnostic techniques play a large and growing role in combustion research and
development. Here we highlight three areas where quantitative sensing based on laser …

50-kHz-rate 2D imaging of temperature and H2O concentration at the exhaust plane of a J85 engine using hyperspectral tomography

L Ma, X Li, ST Sanders, AW Caswell, S Roy… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
This paper describes a novel laser diagnostic and its demonstration in a practical aero-
propulsion engine (General Electric J85). The diagnostic technique, named hyperspectral …

Temporally resolved planar measurements of transient phenomena in a partially pre-mixed swirl flame in a gas turbine model combustor

I Boxx, M Stöhr, C Carter, W Meier - Combustion and Flame, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents observations and analysis of the time-dependent behavior of a 10kW
partially pre-mixed, swirl-stabilized methane–air flame exhibiting self-excited thermo …

Quasi-continuous burst-mode laser for high-speed planar imaging

MN Slipchenko, JD Miller, S Roy, JR Gord… - Optics Letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
The pulse-burst duration of a compact burst-mode Nd: YAG laser is extended by one order
of magnitude compared to previous flashlamp-pumped designs by incorporating a fiber …

High-speed laser diagnostics for the study of flame dynamics in a lean premixed gas turbine model combustor

I Boxx, CM Arndt, CD Carter, W Meier - Experiments in fluids, 2012 - Springer
A series of measurements was taken on two technically premixed, swirl-stabilized methane-
air flames (at overall equivalence ratios of ϕ= 0.73 and 0.83) in an optically accessible gas …

Experimental characterization and numerical simulation of a sooting lifted turbulent jet diffusion flame

M Köhler, KP Geigle, T Blacha, P Gerlinger… - Combustion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
A sooting C2H4/air jet diffusion flame was investigated experimentally by laser measuring
techniques and the results are compared to CFD calculations. The target flame (C2H4 10.4 …

[HTML][HTML] Particle image velocimetry for combustion measurements: Applications and developments

C Fang, LIU Hong - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last several decades, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) has reached a high degree of
maturity as a laser diagnostic technique based on tracer particles, with significant …

Laser-based investigations in gas turbine model combustors

W Meier, I Boxx, M Stöhr, CD Carter - Experiments in fluids, 2010 - Springer
Dynamic processes in gas turbine (GT) combustors play a key role in flame stabilization and
extinction, combustion instabilities and pollutant formation, and present a challenge for …