Laser Raman Probe for Flame Temperature

Abstract

Experimental spectra of Raman Scattering Stokes fundamental vibrational Q-branches for nitrogen and hydrogen in hydrogen-air flames have been fit to theoretically-calculated profiles in order to determine temperature. The temperature measured from a least square fit of the full nitrogen profile agreed to within about 1/2% of the value calculated from the ratio of the peak intensity of the first upper state band (i.e., 'hot' band) to that of the ground state band. Agreement with the temperature estimated from fine-wire thermocouple measurements was approximately 2%. Additional theoretical profile calculations are given from nitrogen and hydrogen over the wide range of temperatures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0759386

Entities

People

  • Carl M. Penney
  • Marshall Lapp
  • Richard L. St. Peters

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Argon Lasers
  • Combustion
  • Curve Fitting
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Ground State
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Raman Scattering
  • Scattering
  • Shape
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers