Chemiluminescence based sensors for turbine engines

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Muruganandam, T M ^a   Kim, B ^a   Olsen, R ^a   Patel, M ^a   Romig, B ^a   Seitzman, J M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; LOCAL EQUIVALENCE RATIO; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OH CHEMILUMINESCENCE; SENSING APPLICATIONS; THRESHOLDING METHODS; TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTORS; UNIVERSAL FUNCTIONS;

BLOWOUTS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; METHANE; PROPULSION;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 84897805258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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