Accession Number:

ADA379192

Title:

Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence System for High Pressure Combustion Facility

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Mar 1998-28 Feb 1999

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA

Personal Author(s):

• Culick, F. E.

Report Date:

1999-05-31

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

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 kgms 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.

Descriptors:

• *LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE
• *HIGH PRESSURE
• *COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• COMBUSTORS
• FLOW RATE
• FLAMES
• METHANE
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
• NITROGEN OXIDES
• HYDROXYL RADICALS

Subject Categories:

• Radiation and Nuclear Chemistry
• Combustion and Ignition

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE