Fuel concentration measurement of premixed mixture using spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1085-1092

  Kawahara, N ^a   Tomita, E ^a   Takemoto, S ^a   Ikeda, Y ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Imagineering Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equivalence ratio measurement premixed mixture; Mole fraction measurement; Spark induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS)

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIVALENCE RATIO MEASUREMENT PREMIXED MIXTURE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; MOLE FRACTION; PREMIXED; SPARK-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (SIBS);

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MIXTURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSORS;

ELECTRIC SPARKS;

EID: 72049115775     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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