FLITES : Fibre-Laser Imaging of gas Turbine Exhaust Species (ORC)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Optoelectronics Research Ctr (closed)
Abstract
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Publications
Feng Y.
(2014)
LD-seeded thulium-doped fibre amplifier for CO2 measurements at 2 µm
in Proc. 6th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conf.
McCormick D
(2016)
High-Sensitivity In Situ Soot Particle Sensing in an Aero-Engine Exhaust Plume Using Long-Pulsed Fiber-Laser-Induced Incandescence
in IEEE Sensors Journal
Zhang B M
(2016)
Absorption measurement effects in fibres with multimode cores
Feng Y
(2017)
Absorption Measurement Errors in Single-Mode Fibers Resulting From Re-Emission of Radiation
in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Zhao J
(2018)
Continuous-Wave 3.1-3.6 µm Difference-Frequency Generation of Dual Wavelength-Tunable Fiber Sources in PPMgLN-Based Rapid-Tuning Design
in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Description | 1. Develop facilities for making high purity infrared transmitting materials. 2. Manufacture high purity infrared glass and fibre for low loss used in detection and transmission circuits to monitor hydrocarbons and NO2. 3. Manufacture rare earth doped chalcogenide glass and fibre to be used in fibre lasers for hydrocarbon and NO2 monitoring system. 4. New fibre laser sources and DFG sources for spectroscopy and laser-induced incandescence measurements for tomography on aero-engines |
Exploitation Route | By using the realized materials & fibres and proposing new ones. By using installed lasers on test rigs |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
URL | http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk |
Description | Constructed lasers were installed at INTA's aero-engine test cells in Madrid. Following follow-on work, the system has now been implemented at TRL6 in EU Cleansky2 project. With support from Rolls-Royce and the above EU project, INTA has established a test-cell facility for the routine testing of large commercial aero-engines. Rolls-Royce has made provision for the implementation of the above in its new state-of-the-art Testbed 80 facility at Derby, which ran its first engine in January 2021. This is the largest and smartest indoor aerospace testbed in the world. Creation of the new EPSRC Programme Grant LITECS to further penetrate turbine combustion and the pollutants generated, in partnership with Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Gooch & Housego Ltd., Tracerco Ltd. and OptoSci Ltd. |
First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | Laser Imaging of Turbine Engine Combustion Species (LITECS) |
Amount | £5,813,733 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T012595/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2020 |
End | 08/2024 |
Title | Tomographic imaging of CO2 in aero-engine exhaust plume |
Description | The system for tomographic imaging of CO2 in aero-engine exhaust plume is installed at the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA) in Madrid. It is based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy and uses 126 laser beams to measure the absorption of CO2 in a plume of diameter up to 1.5 m. The overall aperture of the system is 7 m. An ealry version is described here: P. Wright, et al., "Implementation of non-intrusive jet exhaust species distribution measurements within a test facility", in IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, USA, March 5-12 2016, IEEEXplore Digital Library: IEEE, 2016. The system has seen many improvements since. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This is described elsewhere in my Research Fish area for this project. |
Description | DAS Photonics |
Organisation | DAS Photonics S. L. |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Refining research outcomes to enable submission of new proposal |
Collaborator Contribution | Lead of, and input to, new proposal |
Impact | None, multi-disciplinary in related to aero-engines. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | INTA jet engine testing |
Organisation | National Institute for Aerospace Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Preparing for testing of Rolls-Royce aero engines |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of test cell |
Impact | In progress |
Start Year | 2013 |