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Interdisciplinary Engineering | Turbulent Flows | Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Heat and Mass Transfer Operations | Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels) | Turbulent Flows | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering And Technology Not Elsewhere Classified | Process Control and Simulation | Fluidization And Fluid Mechanics | Heat And Mass Transfer Operations | Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels) | Combustion And Fuel Engineering | Interdisciplinary Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified |
Solar-Thermal Energy | Medical instrumentation | First Stage Treatment of Ores and Minerals not elsewhere classified | Chemical sciences | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation | Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Management of Gaseous Waste from Energy Activities (excl. Greenhouse Gases) | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation | Industry | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transport Activities | Transformation of Coal into Liquid Fuels | Other | Transformation of Gas into Electricity | Water Recycling Services (incl. Sewage and Greywater) | Management of Gaseous Waste from Transport Activities (excl. Greenhouse Gases) | Hydrogen-based Energy Systems (incl. Internal Hydrogen Combustion Engines) | Industrial Crops not elsewhere classified | Solar-Thermal Electric Energy | Industrial Energy Conservation and Efficiency | Transformation of Coal into Gaseous Fuels | Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) | Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Transport | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-2007
DOI: 10.1366/000370207780807740
Abstract: The application of polarization spectroscopy (PS) to detect atomic species in an atmospheric pressure welding plasma has been demonstrated. PS spectra of Na atoms, seeded in the shielding gas flow of a gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) plasma, are presented at different pump beam energies. The nature of the PS technique was found to be very efficient in suppressing the high background emission associated with the welding plasma. The PS spectral profiles appear to be Lorentzian and Lorentzian cubed for high and low pump beam energy, respectively. The effect of beam steering, due to the thermal gradient in the interaction plasma zone, was addressed. It was found that there is 2% unavoidable error in the detectable PS signal.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2009
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-03-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2020
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-2023
Abstract: Isotope detection and identification is paramount in many fields of science and industry, such as in the fusion and fission energy sector, in medicine and material science, and in archeology. Isotopic information provides fundamental insight into the research questions related to these fields, as well as insight into product quality and operational safety. However, isotope identification with established mass-spectrometric methods is laborious and requires laboratory conditions. In this work, microwave-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (MW-LIBS) is introduced for isotope detection and identification utilizing radical and molecular emission. The approach is demonstrated with stable B and Cl isotopes in solids and H isotopes in liquid using emissions from BO and BO2, CaCl, and OH molecules, respectively. MW-LIBS utilizes the extended emissive plasma lifetime and molecular-emission signal-integration times up to 900 μs to enable the use of low (~4 mJ) ablation energy without compromising signal intensity and, consequently, sensitivity. On the other hand, long plasma lifetime gives time for molecular formation. Increase in signal intensity towards the late microwave-assisted plasma was prominent in BO2 and OH emission intensities. As MW-LIBS is online-capable and requires minimal s le preparation, it is an interesting option for isotope detection in various applications.
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 04-03-2010
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.001257
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1039/C7JA00046D
Abstract: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) can benefit from sustaining laser generated plasma with microwaves to enhance elemental detection sensitivity.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2009
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 10-08-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Publisher: ASMEDC
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.1115/IHTC14-23422
Abstract: Recent advances in diagnostic methods are providing new capacity for detailed measurement of turbulent, reacting flows in which heat transfer is dominant. Radiation typically becomes dominant in flames containing soot and/or with sufficient physical size, so is important in many flames of practical significance. The presence of particles, including soot, increases the coupling between the turbulence, chemistry and radiative heat transfer processes. Particles also increase the difficulties of laser-based measurements by increasing the interferences to the signal and the attenuation of the beam. The paper reviews recent advances in techniques to measure temperature, mixture fraction, soot volume fraction, velocity, particle number density and the scattered, absorbed and transmitted components of radiation propagation through particle laden systems.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2008
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-10-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2006
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-03-2020
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 05-11-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-01-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S00340-023-07975-3
Abstract: In this work, the structure of laminar premixed ethylene/air flat flames at low pressure are studied experimentally. The aim of the work is to exploit the spatial expansion of laminar 1D flames and advanced laser techniques to better understand the conditions and precursors affecting soot particles inception. Soot volume fraction ( f v ) profiles were measured using laser-induced incandescence (LII), while spatial distribution of the CH * and C 2 * radicals was measured using spatially resolved emission spectroscopy. Spatially resolved laser-induced fluorescence has been used to record emission from 2–3 rings, 3–4 rings and 5 rings. The temperature of soot particles ( T s ) was evaluated through fitting the spectrally resolved soot luminosity, while flame gaseous temperature ( T g ) was measured using a fine thermocouple. The laminar flow velocity was modeled and used to evaluate the reaction time at each HAB. Taking advantage of the expanded flame structure at low pressure, the profiles of CH * , C 2 * , soot and temperatures, as a function of the height above the burner, were well resolved. It was found that CH * and C 2 * chemiluminescence overlap in space. The thickness of CH * layer is larger than that of C 2 * , and it peaks at slightly different location, CH * appears approximately 1 mm before C 2 * . The distance between the two peaks decreases linearly with the increase in pressure. The lowest value of the initial soot volume fraction ( f v ) was 0.19 ppb, measured at pressure 27 kPa. It was found that f v scales with the pressure following a power function of the form f v α Pr n , where n is 2.15 ± 0.7. It was observed that, in all the flames investigated, the initial soot particles first appear at a common critical inception temperature, T inception , of 1465 ± 66 K. It was found that the T inception is lower than the maximum flame temperature, T max , by ~ 45° and appeared ~ 1 mm further than the location of T max . Using the Lagrangian quantity df v /dt and f v , it was possible to reveal the soot growth rate, k SG . At pressure of 27 kPa, the value of k SG was evaluated as 20 s −1 .
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 19-01-2016
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.001507
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 09-03-2022
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 17-12-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-03-2021
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 14-02-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-03-2020
DOI: 10.1002/JRS.5863
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2018
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 12-11-2015
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.030414
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-05-2010
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2012
DOI: 10.1366/11-06553
Abstract: This paper presents the first demonstration of the pulsed laser ablation technique to seed a laminar non-reacting gaseous jet at atmospheric pressure. The focused, second harmonic from a pulsed Nd:YAG laser is used to ablate a neutral indium rod at atmospheric pressure and temperature. The ablation products generated with the new seeding method are used to seed the jet, as a marker of the scalar field. The neutral indium atoms so generated are found to be stable and survive a convection time of the order of tens of seconds before entering the interrogation region. The measurements of planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) with indium and laser nephelometry measurements with the ablation products are both reported. The resulting average and root mean square (RMS) of the measurements are found to agree reasonably well although some differences are found. The results show that the pulsed laser ablation method has potential to provide scalar measurement for mixing studies.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2007
Publisher: Avestia Publishing
Date: 06-2017
DOI: 10.11159/HTFF17.137
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-12-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-05-2023
DOI: 10.20944/PREPRINTS202305.1685.V1
Abstract: Isotope detection and identification is paramount in many fields of science and industry, such as in the fusion and fission energy sector, in medicine and material science, and in archeology. The isotopic information provides fundamental insight on the research questions related to these fields as well as insight on product quality and operational safety. However, isotope identification with the established mass-spectrometric methods is laborious and requires laboratory conditions. In this work, Microwave-Assisted Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (MW-LIBS) is introduced for isotope detection and identification utilizing radical and molecular emission. The approach is demonstrated with stable B and Cl isotopes in solids and H isotopes in liquid using emission from BO and BO2, CaCl, and OH molecules, respectively. MW-LIBS utilizes the extended emissive plasma lifetime and molecular emission signal integration times up to 900 s to enable use of low ~4 mJ ablation energy without compromising signal intensity and, consequently, sensitivity. On the other hand, long plasma lifetime gives time for molecular formation. Increase in the signal intensity towards the late microwave-assisted plasma was prominent in BO2 and OH emission intensities. As MW-LIBS is online-capable and requires minimal s le preparation, it is an interesting option for isotope detection in various applications.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-2010
DOI: 10.1366/000370210790619573
Abstract: This work investigates the first demonstration of nonlinear regime two-line atomic fluorescence (NTLAF) thermometry in laminar non-premixed flames. The results show the expediency of the technique in the study of the reaction zone and reveals interesting findings about the indium atomization process. Indium fluorescence is observed to be strongest at the flame-front, where the temperature exceeds 1000 K. The uncertainty in the deduced temperature measurement is ∼6%. The temperature profile across the reaction zone shows good agreement with laminar flame calculations. The advantages and inherent limitations of the technique are discussed.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 20-02-2009
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001237
Abstract: This work aims to advance understanding of the coupling between temperature and soot. The ability to image temperature using the two-line atomic fluorescence (TLAF) technique is demonstrated. Previous TLAF theory is extended from linear excitation into the nonlinear fluence regime. Nonlinear regime two-line atomic fluorescence (NTLAF) provides superior signal and reduces single-shot uncertainty from 250 K for conventional TLAF down to 100 K. NTLAF is shown to resolve the temperature profile across the stoichiometric envelope for hydrogen, ethylene, and natural gas flames, with deviation from thermocouple measurements not exceeding 100 K, and typically ≲30 K. Measurements in flames containing soot demonstrate good capacity of NTLAF to exclude interferences that h er most two-dimensional thermometry techniques.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-05-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2010
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2005
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 03-01-2022
DOI: 10.1364/AO.438766
Abstract: We report a relatively simple configuration of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) that is suitable for gas flow diagnostics with increased spatial resolution, signal intensity, and stability. In this optical configuration, two laser beams are generated by splitting a single laser beam, and then they are focused and crossed orthogonally at the detection volume from two different optical paths. Different from dual-pulse LIBS, this LIBS configuration uses only one laser source, and thus is of relatively low cost. Several advantages were found for this simple beam-crossing LIBS when it was demonstrated in air in the present work, particularly on signal enhancement and stabilization, confining plasma volume, and controlling plasma position. Both of the latter two advantages are relevant to spatial resolution improvement of LIBS in gases, which has rarely been discussed in previous reports. An enhancement factor of 2 was found for atomic hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen emissions with respect to conventional LIBS. Another advantage is that the position of breakdown can be precisely controlled through adjustment of the propagation of the two beams, also resulting in smaller plasma volume and stable emission intensity. Furthermore, the technique is moderately tolerant to dust particles neutrally present in the environment, avoiding the spark occurring at a position out of the detection volume. Beyond LIBS, the new configuration has other potential applications, e.g., laser-induced ignition, which is also briefly discussed.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2016
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-02-2022
DOI: 10.3390/BIOS12020121
Abstract: Suspension microsphere immunoassays are rapidly gaining attention in multiplex bioassays. Accurate detection of multiple analytes from a single measurement is critical in modern bioanalysis, which always requires complex encoding systems. In this study, a novel bioassay with Raman-coded antibody supports (polymer microbeads with different Raman signatures) and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-coded nanotags (organic thiols on a gold nanoparticle surface with different SERS signatures) was developed as a model fluorescent, label-free, bead-based multiplex immunoassay system. The developed homogeneous immunoassays included two surface-functionalized monodisperse Raman-coded microbeads of polystyrene and poly(4-tert-butylstyrene) as the immune solid supports, and two epitope modified nanotags (self-assembled 4-mercaptobenzoic acid or 3-mercaptopropionic acid on gold nanoparticles) as the SERS-coded reporters. Such multiplex Raman/SERS-based microsphere immunoassays could selectively identify specific paratope–epitope interactions from one mixture s le solution under a single laser illumination, and thus hold great promise in future suspension multiplex analysis for erse biomedical applications.
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 05-08-2021
DOI: 10.1364/OL.428357
Abstract: In this Letter, we present a particle image/tracking velocimetry (PIV/PTV) technique for simultaneous velocity measurement of both fluid and particle phases, adopting newly developed optical phase discrimination methods and novel optical particles. Spherical acrylic (PMMA) particles of diameter ∼ O ( 100 µ m ) were used as the particle phase, while fine B A M : E u 2 + phosphors of diameter ∼ O ( 1 µ m ) were used as the fluid tracer. Under Nd:YAG 355 nm laser excitation, both the laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) from PMMA and laser-induced phosphorescence (LIP) from B A M : E u 2 + provided sufficiently strong signals for PIV imaging with two non-intensified cameras and were clearly separable for phase discrimination using spectral filters and temporal profiles. The advantages of the PIV/PTV method include the relatively low cost of B A M : E u 2 + phosphors, high sphericity and narrow size distribution of PMMA particles with LIF emission, and direct optical discrimination eliminating artifacts, while requiring much less computational capacity for PIV/PTV processing of complex particle-laden flows.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-04-2011
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 06-11-2017
DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.028764
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2011
DOI: 10.1366/10-06108
Abstract: A quantitative point measurement of total sodium ([Na] total ) and potassium ([K] total ) in the plume of a burning particle of Australian Loy Yang brown coal (23 ± 3 mg) and of pine wood pellets (63 ± 3 mg) was performed using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in a laminar premixed methane flame at equivalence ratios (Φ) of 1.149 and 1.336. Calibration was performed using atomic sodium or potassium generated by evaporation of droplets of sodium sulfite (Na 2 SO 3 ) or potassium sulfate (K 2 SO 4 ) solutions seeded into the flame. The calibration compensated for the absorption by atomic alkalis in the seeded flame, which is significant at high concentrations of solution. This allowed quantitative measurements of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) released into the flame during the three phases of combustion, namely devolatilization, char, and ash cooking. The [Na] total in the plume released from the combustion of pine wood pellets during the devolatilization was found to reach up to 13 ppm. The maximum concentration of total sodium ([Na] max total ) and potassium ([K] max total ) released during the char phase of burning coal particles for Φ = 1.149 was found to be 9.27 and 5.90 ppm, respectively. The [Na] max total and [K] max total released during the char phase of burning wood particles for Φ = 1.149 was found to be 15.1 and 45.3 ppm, respectively. For the case of Φ = 1.336, the [Na] max total and [K] max total were found to be 13.9 and 6.67 ppm during the char phase from burning coal particles, respectively, and 21.1 and 39.7 ppm, respectively, from burning wood particles. The concentration of alkali species was higher during the ash phase. The limit of detection (LOD) of sodium and potassium with LIBS in the present arrangement was estimated to be 29 and 72 ppb, respectively.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2010
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