Abstract
Pulsed laser Rayleigh scattering is used to obtain instantaneous flame temperatures in a turbulent flow combustor with poor optical access, a background of black body radiation, and laser induced glare. A novel method based on polarization is used for the extraction of the Rayleigh scattering. Probability density functions (PDFs) of the fluctuating temperature are obtained for fuel lean ethylene–air combustion. The smearing effects of shot noise are removed from the observed PDFs to obtain the actual fluctuating temperature PDF.
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