Research Areas and Capabilities
Swirl-Stabilized Gas Turbine Combustion
Utilizes model gas turbine burner with designed novel components to run experimental burns of various gaseous and liquid fuels. Capable of lean-premixed and complete combustion with near-zero emissions and high fuel flexibility.
Atomization and Sprays Testing
Allows for quantitative investigation of atomization and sprays, and other multi-phase flows with high spatiotemporal resolutions using a state-of-the-art, ultra-fast optical diagnostics system.
Cutting-Edge Flow and Combustion Research Equipment
State-of-the-Art High Repetition Rate Systems
- Solid-State Laser Systems – 50kHz continuous operation
- Highest rates limited in available species (e.g. OH, NO, CH)
- High-fidelity velocity measurement with PIV
Pump Laser for Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV)
- Dual-head DX-532-48, 48 W x 2 with pulse-overlap ability.
- High repetition rate (single shot up to 300 kHz) with short pulse duration (10 ns at 50 kHz, <20 ns at 100 kHz ) and ~ 200 ns time interval between the two heads
- Enabling resolution of high-turbulence and high-velocity flows vs a typical high-speed PIV laser (Hawk laser) at ~ 20 kHz with ~ 150 ns pulse duration, 1 μs time-interval
- 6x thinner laser sheet than the Hawk laser
- for example, 160 microns vs. 1mm for a typical 200 mm focal length
- High light intensity in a field of view (eg: 1 mj energy from DX laser offers the same brightness at 6 mj from the Hawk)
- Minimizing out-of-plane noise for better accuracy
- Therefore, high-fidelity velocity/flow structure measurements
Dye Laser for Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF)
- LiopStarHQ
- Newest high-speed dye laser on the market
- Highly accurate auto-tracking
- Smooth and ergonomic software and electronic controls
- Operation up to 100kHz
- Configured for 283nm (OH)
- Upgradeable to other combustion wavelengths
High-Speed Intensified Imaging System
- Image Intensifier
- S20 UV Photocathode
- 10us decay phosphor
- Up to 100kHz operation
- Gain of 150,000+
- Applicable to all combustion species
- F2.8 UV Lens
- Phantom V2012
- 1280 x 800 pixels resolution at up to 22,600 FPS. 512 x 384 at 89,500 FPS
State of the Art Insight 4G Software
- Image capture, analysis and display for 2D PIV analysis
- PLIF processing and analysis for flow temperatures and species
- Size/Shape/Velocity processing for multiphase flows
- Insight V3V- Dense Particle Identification & Reconstruction (DPIR)
- Novel 4D PIV algorithm for volumetric PIV measurements
- The first to integrate volumetric PIV through Peaks, Projections, Paths
- Applicable to both time-resolved & non-time-resolved cases.
- Particle tracking in dense flows
- A state-of-the-art algorithm to identify and to reconstruct 3D flow fields in the volume with highest spatial resolution and accuracy to uncover small turbulent flow structures.
Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC)
