Method and system for multi-pass laser-induced incandescence

Title: Method and system for multi-pass laser-induced incandescence

Abstract

Various technologies for measurement of properties of a particulate suspended in a gas phase via laser-induced incandescence (LII) are described herein. A beam of light can be emitted into a multi-pass optical cell using a laser. The multi-pass optical cell comprises a system of one or more mirrors that repeatedly reflects the beam through a measurement region, stimulating incandescence of particulates present in the measurement region. An LII detection system having a field of view that encompasses the measurement region then receives blackbody or quasi-blackbody radiation emitted by the incandescing particles and outputs data indicative of one or more properties of the particulates in the measurement region.

Inventors:: Bambha, Ray; Michelsen, Hope A.

Issue Date:: 2018-09-04

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1475173

Patent Number(s):: 10067049

Application Number:: 15/239,634

Assignee:: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N2015/035 - {the optical arrangement forming an integrated apparatus with the sample container}
G01N15/00 - Investigating characteristics of particles
G01N2015/0046 - {in gas, e.g. smoke}
G01N2015/0693 - {by optical means, e.g. by integrated nephelometry}
G01N15/1434 - {using an analyser being characterised by its optical arrangement}
G01N21/718 - {Laser microanalysis, i.e. with formation of sample plasma}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 17

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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  title        = {Method and system for multi-pass laser-induced incandescence},

  author       = {Bambha, Ray and Michelsen, Hope A.},

  abstractNote = {Various technologies for measurement of properties of a particulate suspended in a gas phase via laser-induced incandescence (LII) are described herein. A beam of light can be emitted into a multi-pass optical cell using a laser. The multi-pass optical cell comprises a system of one or more mirrors that repeatedly reflects the beam through a measurement region, stimulating incandescence of particulates present in the measurement region. An LII detection system having a field of view that encompasses the measurement region then receives blackbody or quasi-blackbody radiation emitted by the incandescing particles and outputs data indicative of one or more properties of the particulates in the measurement region.},

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  year         = {2018},

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