Facilities

Laser Systems
Spectra Physics dye laser system including:
    QuantaPro-230 Nd:YAG Laser
       - 650 mJ/pulse at 532 nm
       - 7 ns pulsewidth / 10 Hz repetition rate
    Sirah dye laser with LambdaLok wavelength control
       - +/- 2.5 pm controlled accuracy

LaVision particle imaging velocimetry system including:
    50 mJ/pulse double-cavity SoloWave Nd:YAG laser
    PCU timimg unit
    1.3 MPixel frame straddling CCD camera
    2-processor PC
    DaVis processing software

Laser diode system including:
    2 Thorlabs temperature controllers
    2 Thorlabs laser current controllers
    ILX Lightwave laser diodes at 1310 nm and 1550 nm

Burners, Fuel Cells and Gas Metering System
Counterflow burner with contoured inner and outer nozzles for laminar nonpremixed, partially-premixed and premixed flames

Water-cooled counterflow burner with straight nozzles

5-channel slot burner for laminar flames with composition gradients

3-D counterweighted burner translation system with stepper motor control

Optically Accessible Fuel Cell

Gas flow system including:
    2 Mass flow controllers (Omega) up to 50 LPM
    4 Rotameter channels
    4 Choked-orifice pressure controlled flow channels

Instrumentation
1/8-m monochromator
Multiple PMTs and photodiodes
National Instrument data acquisition cards
Stanford Research Systems boxcars (2) and fast samplers (1)
LabVIEW data acquisition

Last updated: June 10, 2004