Heat release rate estimation in laminar premixed flames using laser-induced fluorescence of CH2O and H-atom

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 373-383

  Mulla, Irfan A ^a,d   Dowlut, Aadil ^a   Hussain, Taaha ^a   Nikolaou, Zacharias M ^b   Chakravarthy, Satyanarayanan R ^c   Swaminathan, Nedunchezhian ^b   Balachandran, Ramanarayanan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic hydrogen; Flame structure; Formaldehyde; Heat release rate; Laser induced fluorescence; OH

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLUORESCENCE; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNCTIONS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PIXELS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

ATOMIC HYDROGEN; FLAME STRUCTURE; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; OH;

ATOM LASERS;

FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN; MARKER; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FLAME; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; LASER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 85027936413     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: 15562921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.12.023     Document Type: Article

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