Time-resolved multispectral imaging of combustion reaction

Alexandrine Huot; Marc-André Gagnon; Karl-Alexandre Jahjah; Pierre Tremblay; Simon Savary; Vincent Farley; Philippe Lagueux; Éric Guyot; Martin Chamberland; Fréderick Marcotte

doi:10.1117/12.2177258

12 May 2015 Time-resolved multispectral imaging of combustion reaction

Alexandrine Huot, Marc-André Gagnon, Karl-Alexandre Jahjah, Pierre Tremblay, Simon Savary, Vincent Farley, Philippe Lagueux, Éric Guyot, Martin Chamberland, Fréderick Marcotte

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Proceedings Volume 9485, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVII; 94851C (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177258
Event: SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Thermal infrared imaging is a field of science that evolves rapidly. Scientists have used for years the simplest tool: thermal broadband cameras. This allows to perform target characterization in both the longwave (LWIR) and midwave (MWIR) infrared spectral range. Infrared thermal imaging is used for a wide range of applications, especially in the combustion domain. For example, it can be used to follow combustion reactions, in order to characterize the injection and the ignition in a combustion chamber or even to observe gases produced by a flare or smokestack. Most combustion gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) selectively absorb/emit infrared radiation at discrete energies, i.e. over a very narrow spectral range. Therefore, temperatures derived from broadband imaging are not reliable without prior knowledge about spectral emissivity. This information is not directly available from broadband images. However, spectral information is available using spectral filters. In this work, combustion analysis was carried out using Telops MS-IR MW camera which allows multispectral imaging at a high frame rate. A motorized filter wheel allowing synchronized acquisitions on eight (8) different channels was used to provide time-resolved multispectral imaging of combustion products of a candle in which black powder has been burnt to create a burst. It was then possible to estimate the temperature by modeling spectral profile derived from information obtained with the different spectral filters. Comparison with temperatures obtained using conventional broadband imaging illustrates the benefits of time-resolved multispectral imaging for the characterization of combustion processes.

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Alexandrine Huot, Marc-André Gagnon, Karl-Alexandre Jahjah, Pierre Tremblay, Simon Savary, Vincent Farley, Philippe Lagueux, Éric Guyot, Martin Chamberland, and Fréderick Marcotte "Time-resolved multispectral imaging of combustion reaction", Proc. SPIE 9485, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVII, 94851C (12 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177258

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