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On the feasibility of tomographic-PIV with low pulse energy illumination in a lifted turbulent jet flame

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Tomographic particle image velocimetry (tomographic-PIV) is a recently developed measurement technique used to acquire volumetric velocity field data in liquid and gaseous flows. The technique relies on line-of-sight reconstruction of the rays between a 3D particle distribution and a multi-camera imaging system. In a turbulent flame, however, index-of-refraction variations resulting from local heat-release may inhibit reconstruction and thereby render the technique infeasible. The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of tomographic-PIV in a turbulent flame. An additional goal was to determine the feasibility of acquiring usable tomographic-PIV measurements in a turbulent flame at multi-kHz acquisition rates with current-generation laser and camera technology. To this end, a setup consisting of four complementary metal oxide semiconductor cameras and a dual-cavity Nd:YAG laser was implemented to test the technique in a lifted turbulent jet flame. While the cameras were capable of kHz-rate image acquisition, the laser operated at a pulse repetition rate of only 10 Hz. However, use of this laser allowed exploration of the required pulse energy and thus power for a kHz-rate system. The imaged region was 29 × 28 × 2.7 mm in size. The tomographic reconstruction of the 3D particle distributions was accomplished using the multiplicative algebraic reconstruction technique. The results indicate that volumetric velocimetry via tomographic-PIV is feasible with pulse energies of 25 mJ, which is within the capability of current-generation kHz-rate diode-pumped solid-state lasers.

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This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and The European Office of Aerospace Research & Development (EOARD) through Grant FA8655-12-1-2092.

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  2. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA

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Boxx, I., Carter, C.D. & Meier, W. On the feasibility of tomographic-PIV with low pulse energy illumination in a lifted turbulent jet flame. Exp Fluids 55, 1771 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-014-1771-z

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