Diode-laser sensor system for closed-loop control of A 50-kW incinerator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3172, Issue , 1997, Pages 326-332

  Furlong, E R ^a   Mihalcea, R M ^a   Webber, M E ^a   Baer, D S ^a   Hanson, R K ^a   Parr, T P ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption measurements; Combustion control; Diode lasers; Emissions monitoring; Waste incineration

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ABSORPTION CELLS; ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; AIR FLOWS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLS; CO CONCENTRATIONS; COMBUSTION CONTROL; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DFB LASERS; DIODE LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACKS; EMISSIONS MONITORING; EXTERNAL CAVITIES; FEEDBACK LOOPS; GAS TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INGAASP; LASER ABSORPTIONS; LASER SENSOR SYSTEMS; LONG PATHS; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SINGLE PATHS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; TRACE SPECIES;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMBUSTION; DIODES; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FEEDBACK; GAS ABSORPTION; INCINERATION; LASERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SENSORS; SMOKE; STAINLESS STEEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WATER ABSORPTION;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 0345406024     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293398     Document Type: Conference Paper

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