Determination of lean burn combustion temperature using ultraviolet emission

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Brown, Dale M ^a,b   Sandvik, Peter M ^a,b   Fedison, Jeffrey B ^a,c   Hibshman, Joell ^d   Matocha, Kevin S ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Global Research Center   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Combustion; Emission; Flame temperature; UV

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION; GAS TURBINES; NATURAL GAS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIRFLOWS; COMBUSTOR OPERATION; FLAME TEMPERATURE; NATURAL GAS FLAMES;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38749145212     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.913207     Document Type: Article

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