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Equipment

The experimental setup of a laser measurement typically comprises three components: The laser light source, the test device and the detection system.

Mobile laser container for temperature measurements by CARS

Laser systems

• Pulsed, some in single-mode operation, with frequency conversion and in combination with dye lasers or optical parametric oscillator
• Flashlamp-pumped dye laser delivering 2 J/pulse at 10 Hz repetition rate, pulse duration 2 µs
• Tunable excimer laser in the UV range
• 6-pulse Nd:YAG laser system for laser Raman scattering
• Dual head Nd:YAG lasers for particle image velocimetry
• Diode-pumped solid state lasers with repetition rates of ≈10 kHz
• Disc laser with repetition rates of ≈10 kHz
• Tunable diode lasers for infrared spectroscopy

Combustion test rigs

• Standard burners for turbulent jet diffusion flames and swirl flames
• Gas turbine model combustors for gaseous and liquid fuels
• Burner for confined premixed jet flames
• FLOX^® burners for gaseous and liquid fuels
• Test rig for ignition experiments in spray flames
• Various calibration flames with well-defined temperature, species concentrations and soot distributions
• High pressure test rig for the study of fuel injection systems
• High pressure burner for laminar and turbulent flames up to 20 bar
• High pressure test rig for gas turbine model combustors up to 300 kW (HIPOT)

High pressure test rig for the study of fuel injection systems

Detectors

• CCD cameras and diode arrays with image intensifiers
• Double exposure CCD cameras with image intensifier
• Highspeed CMOS cameras with image intensifiers
• Different photomultiplier tubes and diodes