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Multiangular Absorption Measurements in a Methane Diffusion Jet ROBERT J. SANTORO and H . G. SEMERJIAN Thermal Processes Division, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234 P. J. E M M E R M A N , R. GOULARD, and R. SHABAHANG School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052 The mathematical r e c o n s t r u c t i o n of a property field, F ( x , y ) , from its p r o j e c t i o n in the θ direction is the b a s i s o f "Computer i z e d Tomography" ( 1 , 2 ) . An identical technique can be used t o r e c o n s t r u c t a field of linear a b s o r p t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t functions i n a combusting flow field from m u l t i a n g u l a r path i n t e g r a t e d absorp tion measurements. The linear a b s o r p t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t is the f a m i l i a r N Q product, where N is the c o n c e n t r a t i o n of species i and Q is the a b s o r p t i o n cross s e c t i o n of species i at the frequency ν. The Bouguer-Lambert-Beer law s t a t e s that i

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where r e p r e s e n t s a Fourier transform operation. Thus t h e two F o u r i e r t r a n s f o r m s a r e t h e same i f t h e t r a n s f o r m a x e s ( r , s ) a r e a r o t a t i o n o f (χ,5θ i n t h e f r e q u e n c y domain b y t h e a n g l e θ Λ


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The l i n e a r a b s o r p t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t f u n c t i o n s c a n t h u s be r e c o n structed using only p r o j e c t i o n data. Experiment A methane-argon asymmetrical d i f f u s i o n j e t has been analyzed f o r t h e methane c o n c e n t r a t i o n mapping i n a s t e a d y f l o w c o n d i t i o n . The j e t a p p a r a t u s c o n s i s t s o f a 12.7mm i . d . b r a s s t u b e l o c a t e d 19mm f r o m t h e c e n t e r l i n e o f a 15.25cm c i r c u l a r b r a s s p l a t e . The j e t i s s u p p l i e d f r o m a 10cm d i a m e t e r c y l i n d r i c a l chamber c o n t a i n i n g a g l a s s bead m i x i n g s e c t i o n . A combination o f f l o w s t r a i g h t e n e r s and s c r e e n s a r e c o n t a i n e d i n t h e j e t s e c t i o n t o provide a uniform e x i t flow p r o f i l e . The j e t / p l a t e c o m b i n a t i o n i s mounted o n a m i l l i n g b e d w h i c h a l l o w s f o r a c c u r a t e t h r e e dimensional p o s i t i o n i n g of the unit. A b s o r p t i o n b y methane o f t h e 3.39μ l i n e o f a HeNe l a s e r i s u s e d t o d e t e r m i n e t h e methane c o n c e n t r a t i o n a c r o s s t h e j e t . The o p t i c a l a r r a n g e m e n t u s e d i s shown i n F i g u r e 2. The HeNe l a s e r o u t p u t (^lrnw) i s a t t e n u a t e d w i t h a 1.0 n e u t r a l d e n s i t y f i l t e r s o as n o t t o e x c e e d t h e maximum i r r a d i a n c e s p e c i f i c a t i o n o f t h e d e t e c t o r . The beam i s i n t e r r u p t e d u s i n g a m e c h a n i c a l l i g h t c h o p p e r o p e r a t i n g a t 1015 H z . T r a n s m i t t e d r a d i a t i o n i s d e t e c t e d by a n u n c o o l e d PbSe d e t e c t o r . A p r e a m p l i f i e r w i t h a g a i n o f t e n i s u s e d t o impedance m a t c h t h e r e s u l t i n g s i g n a l t o an o s c i l l o s c o p e and l o c k - i n a n a l y z e r . The o u t p u t f r o m t h e l o c k - i n a n a l y z e r i s d i s p l a y e d on a d i g i t a l v o l t m e t e r . I n t h e p r e s e n t e x p e r i m e n t s a 1 0 % CH^ - 90% A r m i x t u r e was u s e d . A l l e x p e r i m e n t s w e r e done u n d e r c o n d i t i o n s o f atmos p h e r i c p r e s s u r e and room t e m p e r a t u r e . The f l o w r a t e was m e a s u r e d t o b e 0.57 l i t e r s / s . A s e r i e s o f a b s o r p t i o n measurements w e r e t a k e n a c r o s s t h e j e t a t i n t e r v a l s o f .64 mm (.025 i n c h e s ) a t a h e i g h t o f 12.7 mm above t h e j e t . The j e t was t h e n r o t a t e d 15° and t h e e x p e r i m e n t was r e p e a t e d w i t h t h e r e s u l t t h a t d a t a f o r


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t w e l v e s e p a r a t e a n g l e s was o b t a i n e d t o map o u t t h e j e t r e g i o n . S p a t i a l r e s o l u t i o n was l i m i t e d b y t h e 2 mm l a s e r beam diameter. A v e r a g e a b s o r p t i o n measurements w e r e o b t a i n e d b y u s i n g a 4.0 s t i m e c o n s t a n t o n t h e l o c k - i n d e t e c t o r . The a b s o r p t i o n d a t a o b t a i n e d was i n p u t t o a m i n i c o m p u t e r f o r a n a l y s i s , u s i n g a d i s c r e t e f o r m o f e q u a t i o n 7.


Results An o b j e c t i v e o f t h i s s e r i e s o f e x p e r i m e n t s i s t o p r o v i d e a p r e l i m i n a r y assessment o f the tomographic r e c o n s t r u c t i o n approach for combustion d i a g n o s t i c s . I n order t o minimize experimental d i f f i c u l t i e s introduced by combustion, a simple flow c o n f i g u r a t i o n has been chosen f o r t h i s i n i t i a l study. I t i s mathem a t i c a l t r u i s m t h a t any b a n d l i m i t e d f u n c t i o n can be a c c u r a t e l y r e c o n s t r u c t e d f r o m i t s p r o j e c t i o n s i f b o t h t h e number a n d t h e s i g n a l t o n o i s e r a t i o o f these p r o j e c t i o n s approach i n f i n i t y . In any r e a l c o m b u s t i o n s i t u a t i o n , b o t h o f t h e s e c o n d i t i o n s w i l l b e severely limited. The p r e s e n t r e s u l t s p r o v i d e i n s i g h t s i n t o t h e measurement c a p a b i l i t i e s o f t h e t o m o g r a p h i c r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a p proach under such l i m i t a t i o n s . The r e c o n s t r u c t e d l i n e a r a b s o r p t i o n v a l u e s f o r a c r o s s s e c t i o n o f t h e j e t (12.7mm above t h e e x i t p l a n e ) f o r t h e c a s e o f t w e l v e a n g l e s i s shown i n F i g u r e 3. Q u a l i t a t i v e l y t h e r e c o n s t r u c t e d f i e l d shows t h e e x p e c t e d ^ j e t D r o f i l e . U s i n g an a b s o r p t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t o f 10 atm~ cm" e x t r a p o l a t e d f r o m t h e r e s u l t s o f McMahon e t . a l . ( 5 ) , t h e c e n t e r l i n e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f methane i s f o u n d t o b e 9.6%. S i n c e t h e measurements were t a k e n c l o s e t o the j e t e x i t the p o t e n t i a l core o f the flow i s observed t o s u r v i v e t o t h e measurement p o i n t . Thus t h e methane c o n c e n t r a t i o n would be expected t o be the 10% i n i t i a l l y i n t r o d u c e d . T h e r e f o r e good agreement i s o b s e r v e d w i t h r e s p e c t t o c o n c e n t r a t i o n measurement. The p o s i t i o n o f t h e j e t c e n t e r l i n e was o b t a i n e d from t h e l o c a t i o n o f t h e peak v a l u e s o f t h e l i n e a r absorption coefficients. This approach y i e l d e d a p o s i t i o n o f 19±1.3 mm w h i c h compares q u i t e w e l l w i t h t h e known p o s i t i o n o f 19 mm. T h i s i s f u r t h e r c o n f i r m a t i o n o f t h e a c c u r a c y o f t h e reconstruction algorithm. The a n a l y s i s was r e p e a t e d u s i n g p r o j e c t i o n s f o r o n l y s i x a n g l e s a n d t h e r e s u l t s a r e shown i n F i g u r e 4. A s c a n b e s e e n t h e r e i s a marked i n c r e a s e i n t h e a b s o l u t e v a l u e s o f t h e l i n e a r a b s o r p t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t i n r e g i o n s away f r o m t h e j e t a s compared to t h e twelve angle case. S i n c e t h e r e i s no methane p r e s e n t i n these r e g i o n s , these values are a r e s u l t o f " r i n g i n g " generated by the a l g o r i t h m . These r e s u l t s a r e i n q u a l i t a t i v e agreement w i t h p r e v i o u s a n a l y t i c a l s t u d i e s u s i n g s i m u l a t e d absorption functions (6). Work i s i n p r o g r e s s t o o b t a i n r e s u l t s w i t h i m p r o v e d s p a t i a l r e s o l u t i o n a n d t o e x t e n d t h e r a n g e o f measurements t o much l o w e r concentrations. F u r t h e r w o r k w i l l a l s o c o n s i d e r more c o m p l i c a t e d f l o w geometries w i t h a l o n g e r range g o a l o f s t u d y i n g combustion


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