Rayleigh Light Scattering Studies of Turbulent Mixing.
Rayleigh Light Scattering Studies of Turbulent Mixing.
(776 K)
Pitts, W. M.
Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical
and Physical Processes in Combustion. Fall Technical
Meeting, 1993. October 25-27, 1993, Princeton, NJ, 8-16
pp, 1993.
Keywords:
rayleigh light scattering; turbulent mixing; turbulent
combustion; concentration measurement; flow fields;
velocity measurement; turbulent jet flames; diffusion
flames; axisymmetric jets
Abstract:
Turbulent combustion remains a very active research
area. This interest is justified due to the pivotal
role it plays in a wide variety of technologically
important processes. Development of models for
combusting flows is crucial for the more efficient
utilization of limited hydrocarbon fuel resources,
reduction in environmentally harmful pollutants, more
efficient chemical processes, and for the prediction of
hazard associated with unwanted fire. An important
subset of turbulent combustion is turbulent jet
diffusion flames because they are relatively simple to
generate, and because they provide an appropriate
testbed for the development of more general theories for
turbulent combustion.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899