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An interband cascade laser-based in situ absorption sensor for nitric oxide in combustion exhaust gases

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A direct absorption nitric oxide sensor for combustion exhaust gas measurements, based on an interband cascade laser operating at 5.2 µm, is presented. The sensor was applied to the hot air co-flow of an auto-ignition test rig (800–1300 K), which contains nitric oxide mole fractions of the order of 1 mol%, due to prior microwave plasma heating. The effect of non-uniform temperature along the beam path, on both absorption line strength and gas density, was included in mole fraction measurements at various co-flow temperatures and velocities. At an absorption length of only 82 mm, a noise-limited detection limit of 30 ppm with a 10 ms observation time was achieved at 800 K. The results were compared in detail to previously measured mole fractions, using a sampling gas analyzer.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support by the Fritz und Margot Faudi-Stiftung through Project No. 91. A. Dreizler is grateful for general support by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Program of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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    O. Diemel & S. Wagner

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Diemel, O., Pareja, J., Dreizler, A. et al. An interband cascade laser-based in situ absorption sensor for nitric oxide in combustion exhaust gases. Appl. Phys. B 123, 167 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6741-8

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