Title: Dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma-assisted hydrogen diffusion flame. Part 1: Temperature, oxygen, and fuel measurements by one-dimensional fs/ps rotational CARS imaging

Abstract

One-dimensional hybrid fs/ps CARS imaging provides single-laser-shot measurements of temperature, oxygen, and hydrogen in a plasma-assisted hydrogen diffusion flame. The coaxial dielectric-barrier-discharge burner collapses the Re ~50 hydrogen diffusion flame to within ~5 mm of the burner surface at an applied AC potential of 8.75 kV at 18 kHz, coinciding nicely with the full spatial extent of the 1D CARS measurements. Translating the burner through the measurement volume allowed for measurements at numerous radial locations in increments of 1 mm with a resolution of 140 µm × 30 µm × 600 µm, sufficient to resolve spatial gradients in this unsteady flame. Longer probe delays, required for improved dynamic range in regions of high temperature fluctuations, proved difficult to model as a result of a nontrivial decay in the O₂ Raman coherence arising from complexities associated with the triplet ground electronic state of the O₂ molecule. Oxygen linewidths were treated empirically using the observed O₂ coherence decay in spectra acquired from the product gases of lean, near-adiabatic H₂/air flames stabilized on a Hencken flat-flame burner. While still leading to errors up to 10% at worst, the empirically determined Raman linewidth factors eliminated any systematic error in the O₂/N₂ measurements with probemore » delay. Temperature measurements in the Hencken Burner flames proved to be insensitive to probe pulse delay, providing robust thermometry. Here, demonstration of this technique in both the canonical Hencken burner flames and a new DBD burner validates its effectiveness in producing multiple spatially resolved measurements in combustion environments. Measurements in the DBD burner revealed an unsteady, counterflow flattened flame structure near the fuel orifice which became unsteady as the reaction zone curves towards the surface for larger radial positions. Lastly, fluctuations in the fuel concentration were largest at the source, as the large, plasma-generated, unsteady external toroidal vortex that dominates the transport in this flame provides enhanced ventilation of the flame surface in close proximity to the fuel tube.« less

Authors:

Retter, Jonathan E. ^[1]; Elliott, Gregory S. ^[2]; Kearney, Sean P. ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Spectral Energies LLC, Dayton, OH (United States)

Publication Date:

2018-02-21

Research Org.:

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

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:

1426797

Alternate Identifier(s):

OSTI ID: 1548690

Report Number(s):

SAND-2018-0807J
Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180; 660488

Grant/Contract Number:  

AC04-94AL85000; NA0002374; NA-0003525

Resource Type:

Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:

Combustion and Flame

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Volume: 191; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180

Publisher:

Elsevier

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

42 ENGINEERING; Laser Diagnostics; Femtosecond CARS; Plasma-Coupled Combustion; Temperature; Fuel; Oxygen