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The 12 best NIR water transition line pairs for temperature measurements with a single DFB laser in flames are determined by systematic analysis of the HITRAN simulation of the water spectra in the 1–2 μm spectral region. A specific line pair near 1.4 μm was targeted for non-intrusive measurements of gas temperature in combustion systems using a scanned-wavelength technique with wavelength modulation and 2f detection. This sensor uses a single diode laser (distributed-feedback), operating near 1.4 μm and is wavelength scanned over a pair of H2O absorption transitions (7154.354 cm-1 & 7153.748 cm-1) at a 2 kHz repetition rate. The wavelength is modulated (f=500 kHz) with modulation amplitude a=0.056 cm-1. Gas temperature is inferred from the ratio of the second harmonic signals of the two selected H2O transitions. The fiber-coupled-single-laser design makes the system compact, rugged, low cost and simple to assemble. As part of the sensor development effort, design rules were applied to optimize the line selection, and fundamental spectroscopic parameters of the selected transitions were determined via laboratory measurements including the temperature-dependent line strength, self-broadening coefficients, and air-broadening coefficients. The new sensor design includes considerations of hardware and software to enable fast data acquisition and analysis; a temperature readout rate of 2 kHz was demonstrated for measurements in a laboratory flame at atmospheric pressure. The combination of scanned-wavelength and wavelength-modulation minimizes interference from emission and beam steering, resulting in a robust temperature sensor that is promising for combustion control applications.
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Zhou, X., Jeffries, J. & Hanson, R. Development of a fast temperature sensor for combustion gases using a single tunable diode laser. Appl. Phys. B 81, 711–722 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1934-y
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