In-situ measurement of pyrolysis and combustion gases from biomass burning using swept wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers
Abstract
Broadband high-speed absorption spectroscopy using swept-wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers (ECQCLs) is applied to measure multiple pyrolysis and combustion gases in biomass burning experiments. Two broadly-tunable swept-ECQCL systems were used, with the first tuned over a range of 2089-2262 cm-1 (4.42 – 4.79 µm) to measure spectra of CO2, H2O, and CO. The second was tuned over a range of 920-1150 cm-1 (8.70 – 10.9 µm) to measure spectra of ammonia (NH3), ethene (C2H4), and methanol (MeOH). Absorption spectra were measured continuously at a 100 Hz rate throughout the burn process, including inhomogeneous flame regions, and analyzed to determine time-resolved gas concentrations and temperature. The results provide in-situ, dynamic information regarding gas-phase species as they are generated, close to the biomass fuel source.
- Authors:
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[1];
[2];
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1604894
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-150086
Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087; OPEXFF
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Pyrolysis; Biomass burning; ECQCL; spectroscopic analyses
Citation Formats
Phillips, Mark C., Myers, Tanya L., Johnson, Timothy J., and Weise, David. In-situ measurement of pyrolysis and combustion gases from biomass burning using swept wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.386072.
Phillips, Mark C., Myers, Tanya L., Johnson, Timothy J., & Weise, David. In-situ measurement of pyrolysis and combustion gases from biomass burning using swept wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.386072
Phillips, Mark C., Myers, Tanya L., Johnson, Timothy J., and Weise, David. Wed .
"In-situ measurement of pyrolysis and combustion gases from biomass burning using swept wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.386072. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1604894.
@article{osti_1604894,
title = {In-situ measurement of pyrolysis and combustion gases from biomass burning using swept wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers},
author = {Phillips, Mark C. and Myers, Tanya L. and Johnson, Timothy J. and Weise, David},
abstractNote = {Broadband high-speed absorption spectroscopy using swept-wavelength external cavity quantum cascade lasers (ECQCLs) is applied to measure multiple pyrolysis and combustion gases in biomass burning experiments. Two broadly-tunable swept-ECQCL systems were used, with the first tuned over a range of 2089-2262 cm-1 (4.42 – 4.79 µm) to measure spectra of CO2, H2O, and CO. The second was tuned over a range of 920-1150 cm-1 (8.70 – 10.9 µm) to measure spectra of ammonia (NH3), ethene (C2H4), and methanol (MeOH). Absorption spectra were measured continuously at a 100 Hz rate throughout the burn process, including inhomogeneous flame regions, and analyzed to determine time-resolved gas concentrations and temperature. The results provide in-situ, dynamic information regarding gas-phase species as they are generated, close to the biomass fuel source.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.386072},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 6,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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