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Temperature measurement of dilute hydrogen flame by digital laser-speckle technique

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In this paper, temperature measurement of axisymmetric dilute hydrogen flame is described using digital laser-speckle technique, which allows the measurement of refractive index field of the flame without any tracers. The measurement system consists of laser and CCD camera, which are placed in-line configuration. The temperature field of the flame is derived from the refractive index field using the cross-correlation analysis of the speckle pattern with and without flame. The influence of the species concentration on the temperature measurement is evaluated from the gas composition in the flame using gas chromatography. It is found that the temperature field measured by the present method with concentration correction agrees with that of the thermocouple measurement within an experimental accuracy, suggesting the usefulness of this measurement technique.

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    Fujisawa N., Aiura S., Ohkubo M. & Shimizu T.

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Nobuyuki Fujisawa: He was educated at Tohoku University (M.E. 1979, D.E. 1983), and worked at Gunma University from 1983 to 1997. During this period, he worked as a research associate and associate professor in the field of turbo machinery, flow visualization and control. Since 1997, he has been a professor of Niigata University and now he is a director of Visualization Research Center at Niigata University. His current research interests are non-intrusive measurement of scalar and vector fields of thermal and combusting flows, quantitative flow visualization and image processing and the safety management technologies of highly aged nuclear power station.

Satoshi Aiura: He received his M.E. in 2008 from Niigata University. His research interests are visualization and optical measurement of combustion flame. Now, he works for Tohoku Electric Power Co. in Fukushima prefecture.

Masakazu Ohkubo: He graduated from Iwate University in 1977. He has been a lecturer at technical high school in Aomori prefecture. Now, he is a PhD candidate at graduate school of science and technology in Niigata University. His research interests are development of waste-oil burner, utilization of heat pipe for floor heating, and the temperature measurement of combustion flame.

Tadaaki Shimizu: He was educated at Tokyo University (M.E. 1985, D.E. 1994), and worked at Niigata University from 1988. He worked as a research associate in the field of chemical engineering, especially in the field of combustion. Since 2003, he has been an associate professor of Niigata University. His current research interests are fluidized bed energy conversion processes such as combustion of various fuels including coal, wastes, and biomass.

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Fujisawa, N., Aiura, S., Ohkubo, M. et al. Temperature measurement of dilute hydrogen flame by digital laser-speckle technique. J Vis 12, 57–64 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03181943

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