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Experimental techniques for detecting the arrival of a freely propagating flame at specified locations within and at the walls of a combustion volume are reviewed. The methods discussed are all fast, real-time techniques capable of the cycle-resolved measurements necessary to study premixed-charge combustion in spark ignition engines. The one non-optical technique discussed is the ionization probe, which detects the flame at a single point. The optical methods discussed include laser beam refraction, direct imaging and in situ optical fibers, which are all line-of-sight techniques.
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Witze, P.O. (1992). Techniques for Detecting Flame Arrival in Premixed-Charge Spark Ignition Engines. In: Durão, D.F.G., Heitor, M.V., Whitelaw, J.H., Witze, P.O. (eds) Combustings Flow Diagnostics. NATO ASI Series, vol 207. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2588-8_19
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