Fluorescence characteristics of the fuel tracers triethylamine and trimethylamine for the investigation of fuel distribution in internal combustion engines.

Will S, Aßmann S, Lind S, Zigan L (2016)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

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Publisher: Osa Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 55

Pages Range: 1551-8

Journal Issue: 7

Abstract

Laser-induced fluorescence based on fuel tracers like amines is a suitable measurement technique for mixing studies in internal combustion (IC) engines. Triethylamine has often been used in gasoline IC engines; however, no detailed fluorescence characterization for excitation at 263 or 266 nm is available. Trimethylamine (TMA) exhibits high potential as a gaseous fuel tracer but little information about TMA fluorescence is currently available. A picosecond laser source combined with a streak camera equipped with a spectrograph was used to determine the spectral fluorescence emission and fluorescence decay time of both tracers. The tracers were investigated at various temperatures and pressures in a calibration cell with nitrogen as bath gas. The results provide an in-depth understanding of the fluorescence characteristics of both tracers and allow assessment of their application to the investigation of fuel distribution in IC engines.

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APA:

Will, S., Aßmann, S., Lind, S., & Zigan, L. (2016). Fluorescence characteristics of the fuel tracers triethylamine and trimethylamine for the investigation of fuel distribution in internal combustion engines. Applied Optics, 55(7), 1551-8.

MLA:

Will, Stefan, et al. "Fluorescence characteristics of the fuel tracers triethylamine and trimethylamine for the investigation of fuel distribution in internal combustion engines." Applied Optics 55.7 (2016): 1551-8.

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