Optimizing precision and accuracy of quantitative PLIF of acetone as a tracer for hydrogen fuel

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 737-761

  Salazar, Victor M ^a   Kaiser, Sebastian A ^a   Halter, Fabien ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ACETONE VAPORS; BEAM-STEERING; CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT INJECTION; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL EQUIVALENCE RATIO; HYDROGEN INJECTION; IN-SITU CALIBRATION; KEY FEATURE; LASER ENERGIES; LASER-PULSE ENERGY; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; ND : YAG LASERS; OPTICAL ENGINE; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; REFRACTIVE BEAM STEERING; SINGLE-SHOT IMAGING; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; TEMPERATURE CORRECTION; TRANSVERSE ENERGY; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS;

ACETONE; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; DATA REDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE; FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN ENGINES; HYDROGEN FUELS; LASER EXCITATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77953038543     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-1534     Document Type: Article

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