Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence System for High Pressure Combustion Facility

Abstract

This report covers the expenditure of DURIP grant for the design fabrication and assembly of a state-of-the-art planar laser-induced fluorescent (PLIF) instrumentation system. The equipment will be used to acquire time-accurate and spatially resolved species concentrations of OH and NO in a combustor test rig operating at flow rates as high as 1 kgm/s and up to four atmospheres. Successful initial results have been obtained for methane-air flames at atmospheric pressure. This apparatus forms a significant addition to the Caltech program of research in combustion instabilities and applications of active control to combustor dynamics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1999
Accession Number
ADA379192

Entities

People

  • F. E. Culick

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chambers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustors
  • Compressors
  • Dye Lasers
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluorescence
  • Frequency
  • Gas Turbines
  • High Pressure
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy