甲烷-空气预混V形火焰的CARS实验研究

本文将相干反斯托克斯(CARS)理论光谱计算和实验光谱分析的方法应用于预混V形火焰燃烧的温度测量实验,利用N2的Q支CARS谱线,使用单脉冲宽带方法获得了预混V形火焰的CARS信号光谱强度特性,测量了V形火焰水平方向和竖直方向上的温度分布特征,从中得出了火焰锋面的厚度,分析了火焰锋面的皱褶与摆动对CARS信号的影响。同时测量了不同燃料系数下V形火焰燃烧产物的温度,得出了温度随燃料系数的变化趋势,为进一步研究预混 V形火焰的结构提供了依据。     

PLIF法定量测量甲烷-空气火焰二维温度场分布

利用平面激光诱导荧光(PLIF)技术,通过选择适合的OH自由基激励线,定量测量了甲烷-空气燃烧火焰的二维温度场分布。给出炉面中心上方火焰温度随离炉面高度的变化和距炉面12 mm高处沿炉面水平方向变化的实验测量结果并进行了讨论与分析。与利用相干反斯托克斯喇曼散射（CARS）技术进行测温的实验结果相比,该测量的相对不确定度优于5％。     

LIPS技术测量CH_4/空气预混火焰温度

简述了激光诱导偏振光谱技术的测温原理和实验方法,并利用激光诱导偏振光谱技术测量了常压CH4/空气预混火焰的温度分布。该技术灵敏度高,且不受碰撞猝灭的影响,适于诊断各种实际的燃烧过程。通过研究激光能量与信号强度的关系,获得了激光功率密度与信号强度的关系曲线以及实验中的最佳激光功率密度;记录并测量了燃烧场中OH分子A2∑＋-X2Π（0,0）跃迁带中P 1（2）和Q 1（8）两条吸收线的强度,用双线法计算了相应的温度,给出了CH4/空气预混火焰中不同化学配比条件下燃烧场温度的空间分布,实验结果与CARS的测量结果吻合较好。     

BOXCARS测量燃烧场的温度

 介绍了用BOXCARS技术测量CH₄/air火焰的温度。给出了甲烷气体不同流量下和火焰不同高度处的温度测量结果，分析了温度随甲烷气体流量变化和火焰高度变化的变化趋势，根据实际的实验参数计算了相应的空间分辨率。实验结果表明：利用BOXCARS技术可进行高精度、高空间分辨的温度测量。     

基于紫外可调谐激光吸收光谱技术的甲烷/空气平面预混火焰温度测量研究

火焰温度是燃烧领域最重要的宏观物理量之一,使用紫外可调谐激光吸收光谱技术,以火焰中的OH自由基作为测量对象对甲烷/空气平面预混火焰进行了温度测量。首先使用平面激光诱导荧光(PLIF)技术对甲烷/空气平面预混火焰不同燃烧工况条件下火焰中的OH基分布进行了测量,选取火焰中OH基分布均匀工况进行了紫外吸收光谱温度测量。通过LIFBASE仿真计算,综合考虑温度测量灵敏度、测量信噪比等因素,选择OH基A-X(0,0)吸收带中的P_1(2)和Q_1(8)两支谱线作为被测跃迁。测量时使用Nd∶YAG激光器泵浦染料激光器,经倍频后输出308~311nm紫外可调谐激光。通过染料激光器以0.4pm为步长进行激光波长调谐,分别扫描获得两条吸收谱线的吸收峰线型。对实验数据进行voigt拟合后,通过计算两条谱线的积分吸收值之比,获得了平面预混火焰中的温度信息。分别测量了燃烧器表面不同水平位置与燃烧器中心不同高度处的火焰温度。测量结果与文献报道的采用同样结构燃烧器,通过其他光谱技术获得的测量结果进行了横向对比。在OH基浓度较高的火焰锋面区域测温结果吻合度较高,验证了该技术测量结果的可信度。由于其测量对象与双线OH-PLIF测温的一致性,该技术未来可作为局部温度测量方法,进一步应用于对双线PLIF等二维火焰温度空间分布测量结果的标定当中。     

多孔介质中甲烷预混气火焰传播特性实验研究

本文对甲烷预混气在多孔介质中的火焰传播特性进行了实验研究,在开口竖直管中充填多孔介质,通过改变预混气氧含量使火焰在不同多孔介质中传播并测量火焰传播速度。预混气中氧含量最高达到29％。实验结果表明:多孔介质中甲烷可燃预混气火焰传播速度大于其层流火焰传播速度,可达到5倍以上(当量比的甲烷-空气预混气);多孔介质当量孔直径越大,或预混气层流火焰速度越高,则预混气火焰传播速度越高;多孔介质中可燃混气的火焰传播界限变小,当量孔直径大的多孔介质其界限值较大。实验结果与Babkin提出的多孔介质中的火焰传播机理相符。     

可调空间分辨USEDCARS技术研究

相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射（CARS）技术是一种非常重要的燃烧诊断技术,该技术具有非常强的抗干扰能力和非常高的测量精度。但空间分辨力不足会使CARS技术产生很强的空间平均效应,引起成CARS光谱畸变,进而造成CARS光谱分析困难,无法通过CARS光谱反演燃烧场参数。针对非稳腔空间增强探测CARS（USEDCARS）技术存在的空间分辨不足以及空间分辨力不易改变的特点,分析了影响USEDCARS技术测量空间分辨力的各种因素,采用一组轴棱锥对USEDCARS系统中的泵浦激光进行环状光束整形,并通过调节轴棱锥之间的距离获得了不同直径的环状光束,在此基础上,建立了空间分辨可调USEDCARS诊断系统。开展了空间分辨力分析实验,获得了CARS信号强度随空间位置的分布数据,以CARS信号总强度95%包含的空间区域代表CARS的纵向空间分辨力,以此计算得到了CARS系统空间分辨力为1.7～6.5 mm连续可调。其中,高分辨力情况,达到了现有BOXCARS技术的空间分辨力。利用所建立的空间分辨可调USEDCARS诊断系统测量了酒精/空气预混火焰温度参数,获得了不同空间分辨条件下的CARS光谱。空间分辨力为1.7 mm时,获得了高质量CARS光谱,通过光谱拟合给出了所测火焰的温度信息。分辨力分别为4.9和6.5 mm时获得了较强的CARS信号,但存在光谱畸变。结果显示,空间分辨力对CARS信号的强度和空间平均效应有很大地影响,提高测量的空间分辨力可以有效消除空间平均效应,获得准确的CARS光谱,增强光谱拟合精度,同时空间分辨可调的特性使该系统能够更好地适应不同实验条件下的诊断工作。     

CRDS-CARS-PLIF技术精确定量测量火焰OH浓度实验研究（英文）

在预混甲烷/空气燃烧的平面火焰炉上，采用脉冲式光腔衰荡光谱技术(cavity ring-down spectroscopy, CRDS)实现了对OH分子浓度的定量测量。根据光腔衰荡吸收光谱理论，选取OH的A₂Σ⁺-X₂Π(0,0)电子跃迁带中的P₁(2)吸收谱线构搭建了一套激光波长在308.6 nm的脉冲CRDS实验装置。脉冲CRDS装置中的衰荡光腔是由一对反射率为99.7%的高反射镜组成且其衰荡腔的腔长为270 cm,并测量空腔(光腔中无火焰)的衰荡时间为2.33μs。通过理论分析影响浓度精确测量的实验参数，分别采用平面激光诱导荧光(planar laser induced fluorescence, PLIF)、相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射(coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering, CARS)和脉冲CRDS三种技术精确测量OH的有效吸收长度、高温火焰的温度和有效的光腔衰荡时间。当在平面火焰炉上燃烧预混的甲烷(1.1 L·min^-1)和空气(15...     

火焰中N_2分子CARS谱及温度测量

本文实现了对乙炔/空气火焰中N_2分子CARS谱的测量,同时也进行了N_2分子CARS谱的理论计算,通过实验测量与理论计算比较,确定了火焰的温度.其结果与我们用OH基荧光方法测量的结果基本符合.     

基于可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱波长调制技术在线测量燃烧场温度

 介绍了可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱（TDLAS）波长调制技术的测温原理。通过选择水在1 397.75 nm和1 397.87 nm处两条邻近的吸收线,运用多功能数据采集卡对二极管激光器进行控制和信号采集,实现了TDLAS波长调制技术对标定燃烧炉甲烷/空气预混火焰温度的实时在线测量,测量重复频率为250 Hz。分析了温度测量数据抖动的原因,结果表明燃烧过程中火焰本身温度的抖动是测量结果波动的主要原因,测量系统的A类标准不确定度小于53 K。     

Rotational CARS for simultaneous measurements of temperature and concentrations of N2, O2, CO, and CO2 demonstrated in a CO/air diffusion flame

Rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) has over the years demonstrated its strong potential to measure temperature and relative concentrations of major species in combustion. A recent work is the development and experimental validation of a CO₂ model for thermometry, in addition to our previous rotational CARS models for other molecules. In the present work, additional calibration measurements for relative CO₂/N₂ concentrations have been made in the temperature range 294-1246 K in standardized CO₂/N₂ mixtures. Following these calibration measurements, rotational CARS measurements were performed in a laminar CO/air diffusion flame stabilized on a Wolfhard-Parker burner. High-quality spectra were recorded from the fuel-rich region to the surrounding hot air in a lateral cross section of the flame. The spectra were evaluated to obtain simultaneous profiles of temperature and concentrations of all major species; N₂, O₂, CO, and CO₂. The potential for rotational CARS as a multi-species detection technique is discussed in relation to corresponding strategies for vibrational CARS.     

Effective A-state fluorescence lifetime of formaldehyde in atmospheric pressure CH4/air flames

Using excitation pulses of ∼30-ps duration and a fast photomultiplier detector, effective fluorescence lifetimes of the A-stateof formaldehyde after excitation at 355 and 339 nm have been measured in the preheating zone of an atmospheric pressure, premixed methane/air flame. The fluorescence lifetimes were determined as a function of height above the exit of a slot burner and were thus probed in regions of varying gas temperature and composition. The fluorescence lifetimes were independent of the intensity of the excitation pulse and decreased as a function of height in the burner from ∼18±8 ns at 1.2 mm down to 7±1 ns at 3.8 mm. This trend of the effective fluorescence lifetime with composition and temperature in the flame can qualitatively be reproduced using calculated major species mole fractions and species-specific quenching cross sections for CH from the literature. Received: 13 June 2001 / Revised version: 27 September 2001 / Published online: 29 November 2001     

High-spatial-resolution one-dimensional rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy imaging using counterpropagating beams

A counterpropagating phase-matching geometry is employed for high-spatial-resolution one-dimensional (1D) imaging of temperature and O₂-to-N₂ concentration ratio using picosecond pure-rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (RCARS) over a large field (20 mm). A single-shot 1D RCARS image of more than 20 mm in length is thus acquired at 300 K in air. High-resolution 1D RCARS flame measurements are demonstrated using a custom-built burner and a premixed methane/air flame (Φ=0.6). This phase-matching scheme improves the spatial resolution by approximately 1 order of magnitude when compared to the standard small-angle BOXCARS phase-matching schemes typically employed in CARS measurements. Additionally, for a 20 mm 1D image, signal levels are increased by 10² because of the higher irradiance provided in the current scheme.     

CARS spectral fitting with multiple resonant species using sparse libraries

The coherent anti‐Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) technique is often used in the study of turbulent flames. Fast and accurate algorithms are needed for fitting CARS spectra for temperature and multiple chemical species. This paper describes the development of such an algorithm. The algorithm employs sparse libraries whose size grows more slowly with number of species than a regular library. It was demonstrated by fitting synthetic ‘experimental’ dual‐pump CARS spectra containing four resonant species (N₂, O₂, H₂ and CO₂), both with added noise and without it, and by fitting experimental spectra from a H₂ air flat flame produced by a Hencken burner. In the four‐species example, the library was nearly an order of magnitude smaller than the equivalent regular library (fitting times are correspondingly faster), and the fitting errors in the absence of added noise were negligible compared to the random errors associated with fitting noisy spectra. When fitting noisy spectra, weighted least squares fitting to signal intensity, as opposed to least squares fitting or least squares fitting to square root of intensity, minimized random and bias errors in fit parameters. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A numerical study on extinction behaviour of laminar micro-diffusion flames

We conducted a numerical study on the fluid dynamic, thermal and chemical structures of laminar methane–air micro flames established under quiescent atmospheric conditions. The micro flame is defined as a flame on the order of one millimetre or less established at the exit of a vertically-aligned straight tube. The numerical model consists of convective–diffusive heat and mass transport with a one-step, irreversible, exothermic reaction with selected kinetics constants validated for near-extinction analyses. Calculations conducted under the burner rim temperature 300 K and the adiabatic burner wall showed that there is the minimum burner diameter for the micro flame to exist. The Damköhler number (the ratio of the diffusive transport time to the chemical time) was used to explain why a flame with a height of less than a few hundred microns is not able to exist under the adiabatic burner wall condition. We also conducted scaling analysis to explain the difference in extinction characteristics caused by different burner wall conditions. This study also discussed the difference in governing mechanisms between micro flames and microgravity flames, both of which exhibit similar spherical flame shape.     

Soot formation and temperature field structure in co-flow laminar methane-air diffusion flames at pressures from 10 to 60 atm

The effects of pressure on soot formation and the structure of the temperature field were studied in co-flow methane-air laminar diffusion flames over a wide pressure range, from 10 to 60 atm in a high-pressure combustion chamber. The selected fuel mass flow rate provided diffusion flames in which the soot was completely oxidized within the visible flame envelope and the flame was stable at all pressures considered. The spatially resolved soot volume fraction and soot temperature were measured by spectral soot emission as a function of pressure. The visible (luminous) flame height remained almost unchanged from 10 to 100 atm. Peak soot concentrations showed a strong dependence on pressure at relatively lower pressures; but this dependence got weaker as the pressure is increased. The maximum conversion of the fuel’s carbon to soot, 12.6%, was observed at 60 atm at approximately the mid-height of the flame. Radial temperature gradients within the flame increased with pressure and decreased with flame height above the burner rim. Higher radial temperature gradients near the burner exit at higher pressures mean that the thermal diffusion from the hot regions of the flame towards the flame centerline is enhanced. This leads to higher fuel pyrolysis rates causing accelerated soot nucleation and growth as the pressure increases.     

基于激光诱导偏振光谱与激光诱导荧光技术的CH4/AIR火焰参数测量

建立了激光诱导偏振光谱（LIPS）和激光诱导荧光（LIF）联合的燃烧流场诊断系统,测量了CH4/AIR预混火焰中心不同高度处的OH荧光光谱和激光诱导偏振光谱,计算了OH的浓度及燃烧场温度分布。分析了燃烧炉表面对荧光收集效率的影响,并对两种技术的测量数据进行了分析比对,获得了火焰中心OH密度的分布规律。实验结果表明,联合LIPS和LIF两种技术测量CH4/AIR预混火焰参数是可行的,两种技术测量结果的一致性较好,OH浓度的相对偏差小于5%,温度的相对偏差小于8%。     

Single-pulse CARS spectra in solid propellant combustion at atmosphere pressure

The unstable-resonator spatially enhanced detection (USED) coherent anti-stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) measurements of temperature and N2 concentration in the combustion of solid propellant at atmosphere pressure are reported. The USED CARS measurement system has a high spatial solution of ~ 0.1 mm in diameter and 3 mm in length, and permits instantaneous measurement at 10-Hz rate. The single-pulse N2 Q-branch CARS spectra have been obtained from the propellant combustion. The temperatures and N2 concentrations of the propellant flame at different height have been achieved by fitting the experimental data to theoretical spectra. The results indicate that the temperature is up to ~ 2500 K with N2 concentration in a range from 10% to 26%.     

Determination of Soot Particle Size in a Premixed Flame: a Static and Dynamic Light Scattering Study

In this contribution we report upon our static and dynamic light scattering experiments to characterize soot particles in flames. We studied sooting laminar premixed flame with acetylene as fuel mixed with air as oxidizer. The air equivalence ratio of the combustion was larger than one. We used a Kaskan type burner with circular geometry and a stabilizing flow of nitrogen around the flame. We focused on the determination of the size of the soot particles in the center of the flame as a function of height above burner. In addition we investigated the influence of the mixing ratio of the gases on the size of the particles. Our results show that static light scattering is better suited than dynamic light scattering for a fast and reliable characterization of soot particles in flames. The latter needs detailed a priori information about the flame to allow the unique determination of sizes from the diffusion measurements. The soot particles grow monotonously with height above burner and with decreasing air equivalence ratio. The aggregates have a fractal dimension lower than two.