Laser-Induced Incandescence
Soot is considered a hazardous pollutant emission, and is typically a result of incomplete combustion processes and is thus also related to combustion performance. Laser-Induced Incandescence (LII) is a laser-optical measurement technique dedicated to soot diagnostics. LII can provide measurements of soot volume fraction in e.g. Diesel engine exhaust and even instantaneous images of soot distribution during the formation inside a running IC engine.
The view from below through the optical piston bowl of a Diesel engine (a), together with calibrated LII measurement providing instantaneous soot-volume-fraction images (b). Courtesy of H. Bladh et al, Lund University.
Features
| Non-intrusive, in-situ measurements |
Full control of hardware from the software |
| Multi-parameter measurements by combination with PIV or LIF |
Modular system allowing easy future upgrades |
Software
Smart software for imaging solutions
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Measurement Principles
A short, energetic laser pulse is used as illumination source for LII. The illuminated soot particles absorb the light and in this way they are heated up by the laser pulse to very high temperatures (~4000 K). Read More