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Two different strategies are compared for linear laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements of nitric oxide concentration ([NO]) in counter-flow diffusion flames at high pressures via the A-X(0,0) system. Excitation of NO via a rovibronic transition at 226.03 nm is found to be slightly better compared to a previously utilized excitation wavelength of 225.58 nm. An indirect approach based on the computed spectral overlap fraction is verified and applied to calibrate [NO] measurements in counter-flow diffusion flames at high pressures. A five-level model for NO molecular dynamics is presented and utilized to investigate the effects of rotational energy transfer (RET) on linear LIF measurements of [NO] at pressures up to 15 atm. The results indicate that rotational relaxation effects are essentially negligible under high-pressure conditions at low laser fluences, and thus they need not be accounted for when measuring [NO] using linear LIF. The calibration technique is validated by direct comparisons to [NO] measurements made at pressures up to 5 atm via another calibration method, based on doping NO in counter-flow premixed flames at the same pressure. Using this calibration technique, LIF measurements of [NO] are obtained in a series of counter-flow diffusion flames at pressures up to 15 atm. These measurements are found to be in excellent agreement with previously reported measurements of [NO] in similar flames.
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Naik, S., Laurendeau, N. Spectroscopic, calibration and RET issues for linear laser-induced fluorescence measurements of nitric oxide in high-pressure diffusion flames. Appl Phys B 79, 641–651 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1604-5
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