Abstract

The measurement of temperature field distributions in practical combustion devices is an important task in combustion diagnostics because of the sensitive temperature dependence of rate coefficients of chemical reactions. For example, the production of toxic by-products during combustion may be influenced by local temperature variations. Spatially resolved temperature data is thus highly relevant from a theoretical as well as practical point of view: In the former case it may serve for the refinement and validation of models describing the process under investigation. In view of the latter, visualisation of temperature field distributions may aid engineering intuition and ultimately help in the design of more efficient and environmentally friendly combustion systems.

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