Spatial resolution of a chemiluminescence sensor for local heat-release rate and equivalence ratio measurements in a model gas turbine combustor

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 883-909

  Hardalupas, Y ^a   Panoutsos, C S ^a   Taylor, A M K P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CASSEGRAIN OPTICS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE SENSORS; DETAILED CHEMISTRY; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAME CHARACTERISTICS; FLAME SHAPES; FOCAL REGIONS; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE RATES; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; INTENSITY RATIO; LOCAL HEAT; LOCAL TIME; O RADICALS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; POWER-SPECTRA; REACTING MIXTURE; REACTION ZONES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENT FLAME;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTORS; GAS TURBINES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; REACTION RATES; SENSORS; TURBOMACHINERY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 78149466717     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-010-0915-z     Document Type: Article

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