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A simple sensor for simultaneous measurements of OH, H2O, and temperature in combustion environments using a single tunable diode laser near 1.477 μm

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Information about quantitative OH concentrations and temperature during the combustion process is important for the development of combustion kinetics and understanding of combustion chemistry. In this work, we perform simultaneous measurements of the averaged temperature, H2O concentration, and OH concentration using a single telecommunication-fiber-coupled tunable diode laser near 1.477 μm. A 1f-normalized wavelength modulation spectroscopy with a second-harmonic (2f) detection scheme is employed to improve the sensitivity and remove the influence of the transmission variation. According to the validation experiments performed in a well-controlled heated static cell and the combustion exhaust on a burner, the uncertainties for the measurements of OH concentration, H2O concentration, and temperature are 6.61%, 3.35%, and 3.77%, respectively. The measured vertical profiles for the temperatures, H2O concentrations, and OH concentrations above the burner illustrate the potential of the system in a variety of combustion applications. This work is beneficial to the development of a low-cost sensor for combustion diagnosis.

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Funding for this work comes from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61875079, No. 61805110, No. 61475068, and No. 11104237), Science and Technology Program of Jiangsu Province (No. BE2021634), and the Science and Technology Program of Xuzhou City (No. KC19202).

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Gao, Z., Gao, G. & Cai, T. A simple sensor for simultaneous measurements of OH, H2O, and temperature in combustion environments using a single tunable diode laser near 1.477 μm. Appl. Phys. B 127, 158 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-021-07710-w

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