Laser rayleigh scattering for flame thermometry in a toroidal jet stirred combustor

Robert B. Barat; John P. Longwell; Adel F. Sarofim; Stephen P. Smith; Ezra Bar-Ziv

doi:10.1364/AO.30.003003

Laser rayleigh scattering for flame thermometry in a toroidal jet stirred combustor

Robert B. Barat, John P. Longwell, Adel F. Sarofim, Stephen P. Smith, Ezra Bar-Ziv

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Abstract

Pulsed laser Rayleigh scattering is used to obtain instantaneous flame temperatures in a turbulent flow combustor with poor optical access, a background of black body radiation, and laser induced glare. A novel method based on polarization is used for the extraction of the Rayleigh scattering. Probability density functions (PDFs) of the fluctuating temperature are obtained for fuel lean ethylene-air combustion. The smearing effects of shot noise are removed from the observed PDFs to obtain the actual fluctuating temperature PDF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3003-3010
Number of pages	8
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	30
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.30.003003
State	Published - 20 Jul 1991
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Combustion
Laser
PDF
Rayleigh scattering
Reconstruction
Shot noise
Temperature

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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