An experimental apparatus to measure soot morphology at high pressures using multi-angle light scattering
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Amin, Hafiz
Roberts, William L.

KAUST Department
Clean Combustion Research CenterMechanical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
high-pressure combustion (HPC) Research Group
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2019-06-14Online Publication Date
2019-06-14Print Publication Date
2019-07-01Embargo End Date
2020-06-14Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/656496
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In this work, a novel experimental setup is described which is designed and built specifically to study soot morphology using light scattering and extinction techniques at elevated pressures. The experimental setup consists of a counterflow burner housed inside a pressure vessel. A unique feature of this pressure vessel is the four curved optical windows which can provide the required optical access for light scattering measurements in order to infer the morphological parameters of soot. Using this setup, N 2-diluted ethylene and air counterflow flames are stabilized from 3 to 5 atm. Global strain rate (a) of 30 s-1 is maintained at all conditions and all the flames studied are soot formation (SF) flames. Light scattering by soot is measured between 15° to 165° at different locations along the axis of the burner. Ratio of total scattering to absorption (ρ sa), path averaged soot volume fraction (fv), mean primary particle size (d p), mean radius of gyration of aggregates (R gm) and fractal dimension (D f) are calculated from multi-angle light scattering and extinction data using Rayleigh-Debye-Gans theory for fractal aggregates (RDG-FA). ρ sa, fv, d p, and R gm increase as the pressure is raised. The scattering contribution in these measurements vary from 1.3% to 16% of absorption which suggests that wide angle optical access is essential for accurate measurements of f v. D f equal to 1.27 is measured near the flame at 3 atm which increases as the particles are convected away from the flame and D f increases to 1.98 at 5 atm.Citation
Amin, H. M. F., & Roberts, W. L. (2019). An experimental apparatus to measure soot morphology at high pressures using multi-angle light scattering. Measurement Science and Technology, 30(7), 075902. doi:10.1088/1361-6501/ab1c3fSponsors
The authors acknowledge the financial support from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).Publisher
Institute of Physics PublishingAdditional Links
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6501/ab1c3fae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1088/1361-6501/ab1c3f
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