Supercritical Fuel Measurements

Abstract

Work was performed on stimulated scattering for fuel property measurements at high temperatures and high pressures. The performance of a two-stage double-pass amplifier was improved to achieve required pulse energies and pulse lengths. Frequency modulation methods were developed to achieve rapid and sensitive stimulated scattering measurements. Frequency domain methods were developed to measure the refractive index to support conversion of spectroscopic parameters to physical parameters. System modifications were performed to convert the static measurement cell to a flowing cell. Stimulated Rayleigh scattering measurements were performed in JP-8 jet fuel. Analysis of high-temperature / high-pressure data in hexane provides evidence of the presence of an instability zone in the supercritical regime. Single-shot stimulated scattering measurements were performed with the stimulated Rayleigh scattering technique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA577562

Entities

People

  • Gregory W. Faris

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Modulation
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Physical Properties
  • Rayleigh Scattering
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.