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Imaging and diagnostics of turbulent methane-air premixed flames by acetone-OH simultaneous PLIF

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A strategy of diagnostics of ultra-lean combustion based on acetone-OH simultaneous PLIF is presented. Acetone seeded in the fuel flow and combustion-generated OH work for a marker of \ldunburned\rd and \ldburnt\rd zones, respectively. Since acetone and OH does not coexist when the proper combustion takes place, the signal \ldvalley\rd (dark zone) between acetone and OH fluorescence can be detected, which corresponds to flame zone; representative of the combustion status. System required for current imaging technique is one-laser and one-detector combination with \ldturned\rd band-pass filter. Transmittance characteristics of the filter and acetone-seeding rate are key issues to attain clear imaging, and we found that there is proper combination of them for that purpose. Imaging demonstration for the turbulent premixed flames shows the usefulness and applicability of this scheme on complex flame diagnostics: unique flame broken flame structure (\ldunburned\rd or \ldburnt\rd islands exist separately) are clearly obtained by this approach.

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  1. Division of Mechanical and Space Engineering, Hokkaido University, N 13 W 8, Kita-ku, 060-8628, Sapporo, Japan

    Nakamura Y.

  2. Toho Gas Co. Ltd, 19-18, Sakurada-cho, Atsuta-ku, 456-8511, Nagoya, Japan

    Manome S.

  3. Department of Mechanical Science Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, 464-8603, Nagoya, Japan

    Yamashita H.

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Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Yuji Nakamura: He received his M.Sc .(Eng) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from Nagoya University. He

Satoshi Manome: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Nagoya University

Satoshi Manome: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Nagoya University

Satoshi Manome: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Nagoya University

Satoshi Manome: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Nagoya University

Satoshi Manome: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Nagoya University

Satoshi Manome: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Nagoya University

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

Hiroshi Yamashita: He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from Nagoya

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Nakamura, Y., Manome, S. & Yamashita, H. Imaging and diagnostics of turbulent methane-air premixed flames by acetone-OH simultaneous PLIF. J Vis 11, 71–78 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03181916

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