• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.485-496
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• 2015

The present study presents experimental results on the characteristics of emission spectra of kerosene/air swirl flames. The aviation fuel Jet A-1, which is used for the liquid rocket engines of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle, is used with three different swirlers to investigate the swirl strength effects. The emission spectra from the flames are measured with a spectrometer as the swirl strength and combustion air temperature are varied. Chemiluminescence intensities of $OH^*$, $CH^*$ and $C_2{^*}$ are identified from the spectra. The chemiluminescence intensities from the kerosene flames show sensitivity to the swirl strength and are affected by changes in the combustion air temperature. Among the three radicals of interest, $C_2{^*}$ show the most significant changes in chemiluminescence intensity with the swirl strength and equivalence ratio. The intensity ratios $I_{OH^*}/I_{CH^*}$ and $I_{C_2{^*}}/I_{CH^*}$ are adequate for indicating changes in the equivalence ratio with the air and fuel mass flow rates, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1135-1139
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• 2017

Spatial distribution of chemical species in flame is a important indicator understanding the flame structure and combustion characteristics, and optical emission spectroscopy has been widely used for the measurement because of its simple and non-intrusive methodology. In this study, we suggest the feasibility of the measurement of chemical species (OH radical) distribution in rocket plume using optical emission spectrometer which was developed for the spatially resolved measurement along the line-of-sight. In order to predict the ground state concentration of species from the measured emission intensity by optical emission spectrometer, we consider thermal and chemical excitation mechanisms in flame, and assume thermodynamic equilibrium for the thermally excited species. We also present the spatial resolution and the correction of collection characteristics of the optical emission spectrometer depending on object distance.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.37.1-37.1
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• 2005

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.61-71
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• 1988

본 논문에서는 Laser Rayleigh Pyrometer에 의한 광학계의 개조와 측정기술을 발전시켜 지금까지의 측정이 불가능한 밀폐용기내에서 분출화염의 온도측정을 시도하여 분출화염에 의한 착화나 소염의 연구에 중요한 자료를 얻고자 하는데 있다. 밀폐용기내에서의 온도측정은 대기개방형에서와 같이 Laser의 에너지를 증대시키기 위해 이용한는 다중반사 Mirror가 사용될 수 없을 뿐만 아니라 약한 Rayleigh산란빛에 의하여 입사창이란 Laser Trap으로 발생하는 강한 배경광 및 분출화염 뿐만 아니고 착화된 화염에서 대량의 화학발광은 피할 수 없다. 본 논문은 이와 같은 영향을 제거하는데 노력하여 밀폐용기내의 연소장에서 온도를 측정하였으며 또 측정가능성을 시사하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.73-84
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• 2014

The present paper includes recent research works on the estimation of physical properties like equivalence ratio and heat release rate of flame through chemiluminescence measurement. Modern combustion devices require a precise control to increase combustion stability as well as to suppress pollutant emissions. The determination of combustion characteristics from chemiluminescence provides practical advantages over other techniques. However, the technique is dependent on equivalence ratio, combustion pressure, inlet temperature, turbulent intensity and fuel type. The intensity ratio of $OH^*$ and $CH^*$ has a strong relation with an equivalence ratio for methane/air premixed flames. The global measurement of chemiluminescence is accepted as a good indicator for a global heat release rate.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.53-59
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• 2006

This study is measurement of radicals in gas & light oil diffusion flame focused on burner exit. The goal of this study is to analyse the relationship between flame chemiluminescence($OH^{\ast}$, $CH^{\ast}$, $C_2^{\ast}$) intensities and flame conditions. The investigation performed turbulent diffusion flame of commercial burner in varying the excess air ratio from 1.0 to 1.8. The optical emissions were measured by photomultiplier(PMT) using optical band pass filter and spectrometer system. The effects of excess air ratio and NOx emission characteristics on the radical emission intensities were investigated experimentally.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2015

The object of this study is a deriving the relations according to the measuring locations between the chemiluminescence and the flame state at commercial burner. In this study, the flame chemiluminescence of the flame of commercial burner is measured using a photomultiplier tube and the optical band-pass filter. In addition, the contour of the chemiluminescence of the flame is measured using the common CCD camera and the optical band-pass filters, and the acquired images is converted by the simple image processing as a matrix form. The results showed that certain relationship between optical data and equivalence ratio exists, and the contour according to the measuring location of the flame chemiluminescence is different by equivalence ratio.