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  • Editor: Anthony J. Campillo
  • Vol. 31, Iss. 7 — Apr. 1, 2006
  • pp: 900–902

Simultaneous diode-laser-based in situ measurement of liquid water content and oxygen mole fraction in dense water mist environments

Andrew R. Awtry, James W. Fleming, and Volker Ebert  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 7, pp. 900-902 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.000900


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Abstract

We performed what we believe are the first simultaneous in situ measurements of liquid water and oxygen concentrations in a dense water mist environment. Direct absorption tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy was used to make oxygen concentrations and simultaneously quantify the liquid water via optical density measurements. This spectrometer with an absorption path length of only 36.8 cm was successfully tested during full-scale fire suppression tests with scattering losses up to 99.9%. The simultaneous oxygen and liquid water concentration measurements agree with fire suppression model calculations.

© 2006 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(120.1880) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Detection
(120.5820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Scattering measurements
(120.6200) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Spectrometers and spectroscopic instrumentation
(140.2020) Lasers and laser optics : Diode lasers

ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology

History
Original Manuscript: November 4, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: December 11, 2005

Citation
Andrew R. Awtry, James W. Fleming, and Volker Ebert, "Simultaneous diode-laser-based in situ measurement of liquid water content and oxygen mole fraction in dense water mist environments," Opt. Lett. 31, 900-902 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-7-900

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