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MEASUREMENT OF COMBUSTION RADICALS USING VISIBLE/NEAR INFRARED DIODE LASERS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 14524
Amount: $499,042.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1570 Pacheco Street Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Joel A Silver
 Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
Phone: (505) 984-1322
Research Institution
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Abstract

TO ACHIEVE A DETAILED AND QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY, NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS THAT CAN QUANTIFY THE IMPORTANT REACTIVE SPECIES PRESENT IN A COMBUSTION SYSTEM ARE REQUIRED. MOST EXISTING LASER-BASED TECHNIQUES ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ABSOLUTE SPECIES NUMBER DENSITIES AND USUALLY REQUIRE VERY HIGH COST LASERS. THIS PROJECT STUDIES A NEW LASER-BASED COMBUSTION DIAGNOSTIC THATCOMBINES TWO RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES-THE USE OF INEXPENSIVE VISIBLE OR NEAR-INFRARED DIODE LASERS AND HIGH FREQUENCY WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY-TO ACHIEVE QUANTITATIVE, HIGHLY SENSITIVE, AND RAPID TIME RESPONSE DETECTION OF COMBUSTION REACTION INTERMEDIATES. PHASE I EXPERIMENTS FOCUS ON MEASURING THE KEY SPECTRAL PARAMETERS OF A REPRESENTATIVE SPECIES, THE FORMYL RADICAL (HCO), AND DETERMINING THE DETECTION LIMITS FOR THE RADICAL IN A COMBUSTION ENVIRONMENT. THE RESULTS WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPING A PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT FOR IN-SITU COMBUSTIONSTUDIES IN PHASE II.

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