Simultaneous velocity and temperature measurements in a premixed flame

Procedures which allow the correlation of velocity signals from a laser anemometer and temperature signals from a compensated, small-diameter thermocouple are described together with the error sources associated with the use of the technique in premixed flames. The digital compensation procedure includes the effect of velocity and temperature on the time constant of the thermocouple and the influence of its exposure to the solid particles required by the laser anemometer are quantified and shown to be able to cause large differences in the measured probability-density-distribution of the reaction progress variable. The technique has been used to measure the probability-density-distribution of temperatures, conditioned by the arrival of velocity signals and velocity conditioned by the temperature signal and sample results are presented to help quantify the accuracy of the measurements.

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