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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"laser absorption spectroscopy"”.
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Hydrogen purity assessment using laser absorption Spectroscopy
… (𝐻2-Spectrometer) based on direct Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (d-TDLAS). The goal is to establish a traceable and accurate methodology for hydrogen purity and concentration measurement without relying on calibration gases. The main objective of this research is to develop and …
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Exhaled breath analysis using laser absorption spectroscopy
… and therapeutic monitoring. For this thesis, laser spectroscopic techniques were employed to measure exhaled nitric oxide (NO), carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and carbon dioxide (CO2). A pulsed quantum cascade laser operating at 4.86 microns was coupled to a 36-m optical path length Herriott cell for …
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Laser absorption spectroscopy for investigation of hypersonic propulsion
… gas in the ACT-II facility, using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) to measure temperature and nitric oxide (NO) concentration. Another fundamental challenge associated with scramjet operation is achieving efficient fuel-air mixing and ignition within the short residence times …
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Kinetics and dynamics measured using IntraCavity Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
IntraCavity Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (ICLAS) is a high-resolution, high sensitivity spectroscopic method capable of measuring line positions, linewidths, lineshapes, and absolute line intensities with a sensitivity that far exceeds that of a traditional multiple pass absorption cell or Fourier …
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Determination of Flame Dynamics for Unsteady Combustion Systems using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
… in chemical reaction rate. Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS), centered over two water absorption features, allows a dynamic measurement of the product gas temperature. The response in product gas temperature directly relates to the enthalpy fluctuations that couple to the …
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Determining Emission Factors from Marine Vessels Employing Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) and Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS)
High SO2 concentrations are harmful to human health and impact climate by affecting cloud formation. Ship contrails are the major source of SO2 in the open-ocean and impact coastal region air quality. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulates SO2 emissions by requiring ships to use …
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Time-resolved absorption spectroscopy of the rare gas dimer Rydberg states
… both through intra-cavity and multi-pass laser absorption spectroscopy.
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Laboratory measurements and modeling of trace atmospheric species
… experiments were conducted using IntraCavity Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (ICLAS), a high-resolution, high sensitivity spectroscopic method that had been used primarily for static cell measurements in the Steinfeld Laboratory at MIT. Several modifications and improvements have been made to …
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An Optical Analysis of the Blowoff Behavior for Bluff Body-Stabilized Flames in Vitiated Flow
… to the turbulent combustion rig, a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) system was developed. A TDL with a center wavelength in the near infrared region was simultaneously scanned across absorption lines of H<sub>2</sub>O and CO<sub>2</sub> to obtain temperature and species …
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Laserspektroskopische Bestimmung absoluter Konzentrationen von CN- und NH 2 -Radikalen in NO-dotierten Niederdruck-Wasserstoffflammen während der Verbrennung von Graphit
… und 25 mm) unter Verwendung von berührungsfreien laserspektroskopischen Methoden bestimmt. Die CN-Konzentrationen wurden mit Hilfe der cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) und die NH2-Konzentrationen mittels der intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy (ICLAS) gemessen. Die Temperaturen wurden …
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Developing in situ instrumentation to monitor anthropogenic change
… the development process of CSPEC, a deep-sea laser spectrometer designed to measure the ocean carbon system through alternating measurements of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). CSPEC uses tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) to …
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Developing In Situ Instrumentation to Monitor Anthropogenic Change
… the development process of CSPEC, a deep-sea laser spectrometer designed to measure the ocean carbon system through alternating measurements of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO₂) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) . CSPEC uses tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) to …
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Laminar burning velocity of hydrogen and flame structure of related fuels for detailed kinetic model validation
… further kinetic model development. Intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy was applied to record HCO concentration profiles in rich low-pressure CH4 mixtures and predictions of two widely used kinetic models were analyzed. Minor and major species concentrations in NH3 + air flames were used to …
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Laser Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring
This thesis studies the techniques of laser remote sensing and their applications in environmental monitoring, as documented in several published papers. The environment where the human being live is degrading with an accelerating speed. Quantitative monitoring characterizes the quality of the …
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PHARMACEUTICAL INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT FOR IN-PROCESS MONITORING OF FREEZE-DRYING CYCLES
… temperature measurement (MTM) and tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) but only provides batch average temperatures whereas the glass transition/collapse temperature is determined using offline lab techniques employing sample conditions that do not mimic the true freeze drying …
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Plasma Dynamics in a High-Power Helicon Source
… have been implemented such as Tuneable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) to determine atomic temperatures, Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) for direct negative ion density measurements, and an absolute intensity calibrated Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) method in conjunction …
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Plasma Dynamics in a High-Power Helicon Source
… have been implemented such as Tuneable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) to determine atomic temperatures, Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) for direct negative ion density measurements, and an absolute intensity calibrated Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) method in conjunction …
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