Silicon carbide photodiode sensor for combustion control

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 983-988

  Brown, Dale M ^a,b,d   Fedison, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Hibshman, Joell R ^b   Kretchmer, James W ^b,e   Lombardo, Leo ^c   Matocha, Kevin S ^a,b   Sandvik, Peter M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^d GE GRC   (United States)

^e GE GRC ^*

Author keywords

Combustion; Flame; Photodiode; Silicon carbide (SiC); Temperature; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CONTROL; DIELECTRIC FILTERS; FLAME; PHOTODIODE SENSORS; ULTRAVIOLET;

COMBUSTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLAMMABILITY; PHOTODIODES; SILICON CARBIDE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744472247     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.854143     Document Type: Article

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