Spatial Emission Characteristics of a Capillary-Burner Excitation Source for a Flame Infrared Emission (FIRE) Radiometer

Abstract

A complete mapping of the lateral and radial intensities of the 4.4-μm emission (antisymmetric CO₂ stretch) resulting from the direct introduction of carbon dioxide, a homologous series of aliphatic hydrocarbons, and benzene into a hydrogen/air combustion flame supported on a capillary burner has been carried out. Both concentrated (99% methane, ethane, propane, and butane) and dilute (1% methane, ethane, propane, and benzene) hydrocarbons were studied. Flame profiles produced by the introduction of carbon dioxide were used to indicate the effects of local variations in source temperature and carbon dioxide number density in the absence of combustion. The radial profiles produced by the introduction of carbon dioxide and the hydrocarbons revealed a considerable amount of off-axis emission, believed to result from a zone of low temperature along the central vertical axis of the burner. Combustion of analyte appeared to be a diffusion-controlled process. For aliphatic hydrocarbons, combustion produced nearly quantitative amounts of carbon dioxide, provided the flame was not overloaded. For benzene, combustion produced particulate carbon, and the resulting blackbody emission was not strictly related to analyte concentration or carbon number. Blackbody emission may also result from the incomplete combustion of longer chain aliphatic hydrocarbons (propane and butane), if the burner is overloaded.

Keywords

Infrared emission spectroscopy Flame infrared emission spectroscopy FIRE radiometer Spatial emission profiles for hydrogen/air flames Abel transform Combustion of hydrocarbons in hydrogen/air flames

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