Advanced flame imaging diagnostics with application to gas furnace engineering

Project aim

To get a solid OH LIF thermometry data set that is replicable and as error-free as possible. 

Project background

Lasers can be used to remotely investigate flame structures and make measurements of combustion processes without the need for physical probes inside the flame. The current aim is to take 2D OH LIF images of laminar flames to measure temperature as an extension of the 1D thermometry that has been previously performed here. By getting a good baseline set of measurements in laboratory conditions it should be possible to use these values in CFD modeling of reacting flows for the interiors of gas furnaces. There is also the possibility of extending the idea using Rayleigh scattering thermometry to gather data that can be used for non-reacting turbulent flows.