Abstract
Flame emission spectroscopy (FES) is used to determine methane fuel concentration in a premixed flat-flame burner with varying diluent composition. Spectral profiles of the molecular emission bands of OH* (306.4 nm), CH* (431.5 nm), and C2* (520 nm) in the UV-to-visible range are recorded and analyzed for various equivalence ratios (0.72 < ∅ < 1.25), oxygen concentration (0.19 < XO2 < 0.35), and diluent gas species (N2, CO2). The importance of flame radiation, which is strong and reliable in the UV spectrum, is confirmed particularly for quantitative measurement purposes. In air-methane flames, the band intensity ratios of OH*/CH* and C2*/CH* are shown to be highly sensitive to fuel stoichiometry, and can thus serve as accurate indicators of ∅. In addition, the impact of diluent gas composition on flame radiation characteristics and FES utilizing band intensity ratios is investigated for potential applications such as clean combustion utilizing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and oxy-combustion in supercritical CO2 power plants. It is shown that the strength of the underlying broadband emission is strongly dependent on the diluent gas composition, and influences the sensitivity and accuracy of the FES-based ∅ measurement.
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