[HTML][HTML] Laser sensors for energy systems and process industries: Perspectives and directions

A Farooq, ABS Alquaity, M Raza, EF Nasir… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sensors are perhaps the most important and integral components of our modern society.
With global warming and environmental pollution garnering ever-increasing attention, as …

On estimating physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbon fuels using mid-infrared FTIR spectra and regularized linear models

Y Wang, Y Ding, W Wei, Y Cao, DF Davidson… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of a compact, economical FTIR-based analyzer for estimating the properties of
hydrocarbon fuels with small amounts of fuel is proposed. The high correlations between …

Shock tube study of ethanol pyrolysis I: Multi-species time-history measurements

R Choudhary, V Boddapati, S Clees, JJ Girard… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Time-histories of the concentration of major products of ethanol pyrolysis at 1 atm and 10
atm in the temperature range of 1200–1600 K were measured behind reflected shock waves …

Reflected shock-initiated ignition probed via simultaneous lateral and endwall high-speed imaging with a transparent, cylindrical test-section

E Ninnemann, O Pryor, S Barak, S Neupane… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A TRAnsparent cylindrical (TRAC) shock tube test section has been developed to explore
the ignition structure behind reflected shockwaves via simultaneous lateral and endwall high …

Low-temperature oxidation of n-octane and n-decane in shock tubes: Differences in time histories of key intermediates

R Choudhary, S Clees, V Boddapati, J Shao… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of chain length on the time histories of key intermediate species that form upon
first-stage ignition was studied experimentally in a shock tube using multi-color laser …

Laser-based CO concentration and temperature measurements in high-pressure shock-tube studies of n-heptane partial oxidation

D He, D Nativel, J Herzler, JB Jeffries, M Fikri… - Applied Physics B, 2020 - Springer
This paper presents a laser-based absorption technique for measuring temperature and CO
concentration in high-pressure shock tubes. Two fundamental vibrations of CO (v"= 0, P8 …

Time-resolved, single-ended laser absorption thermometry and H2O, CO2, and CO speciation in a H2/C2H4-fueled rotating detonation engine

SJ Cassady, WY Peng, CL Strand, DF Dausen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) require novel diagnostic tools to better understand
complex detonation behavior and improve performance. To this end, a single-ended laser …

Analysis of laser absorption gas sensors employing scanned-wavelength modulation spectroscopy with 1f-phase detection

WY Peng, CL Strand, RK Hanson - Applied Physics B, 2020 - Springer
The recently introduced wavelength-modulation spectroscopy with 1 f-phase detection
(WMS-θ _ 1f θ 1 f) technique showed promising results with potentially improved …

Beam-steering-effect immune laser absorption spectrum extraction for precise and robust temperature measurement

F Lu, Z Cao, K Zhao, X Zhang, L Xu - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy is widely used for temperature measurement
in combustion monitoring due to its merits of rapidity, non-contact capability, and high …

High‐pressure gas temperature sensing for exit plane of aero‐engine combustor using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

A Huang, Z Xu, H Deng, W Yang, X Qi… - Microwave and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a sensor for the temperature measurement in the test section after the
combustion chamber of an aero engine model by using direct absorption spectroscopy. Five …