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Carbon Monoxide Measurement Using a Near-Infrared Tunable Diode Laser (NISTIR 6242)

Published

Author(s)

L G. Blevins, William M. Pitts, D S. Bomse

Abstract

One important goal of fire research is to study the formation and consumption of chemical species in and around a fire. Instruments which possess rapid temporal response are required for resolving species concentration fluctuations and for studying rapid events such fire suppression. Presently-used probe sampling methods are slow, and system temporal response is difficult to determine because it is a complex function of sampling line length, sample flow rate, and gas analyzer response time. The limitations of probe sampling provide motivation to explore new techniques for rapidly measuring species concentrations in and around fires.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6242
Report Number
6242

Keywords

fire research, fire science, fire suppression, carbon monoxide, lasers, sampling, probes

Citation

Blevins, L. , Pitts, W. and Bomse, D. (1998), Carbon Monoxide Measurement Using a Near-Infrared Tunable Diode Laser (NISTIR 6242), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6242 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created October 1, 1998, Updated November 10, 2018