Abstract
WIDECARS measures temperature and mole fractions of most of the major species in ethylene–air flames. One of the issues in implementing this technique is fitting the experimental spectra to theory to obtain flame conditions (temperature, species mole fractions). Individual spectra contain many species resonances, and theory is slow to compute. Libraries of precalculated spectra can be used, but a library of sufficient density for accurate interpolation is large given the many variables. A new fitting algorithm is presented which utilizes a less‐dense library, and additional spectra are calculated during fitting to maintain accuracy. The iterative convergence method converts the problem of minimizing fit error, which converges slowly, to a zero finding problem, which converges reliably, rapidly, and accurately to best fit. Various practical fitting issues, such as the effects of dye laser mode noise and variability, phase‐matching efficiency, and shifts of the spectrum on the spectrometer are addressed. The technique is demonstrated in the analysis of experimental measurements in an equivalence ratio 2.1 ethylene–air flame above the surface of a McKenna burner. Precision errors because of experimental and fitting effects are discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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