To understand the behavior and performance of a new 100 kW pilot scale pressurized oxy-coal reactor, radiation measurements of the flame have been made using a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. From these radiation measurements, gas temperatures were obtained using integrated spectral infrared (ISIR) emission from the CO2 and water vapor of the combustion product gases. Radiative emission from the product gases in the reactor were collected through a quartz window 1.524 m downstream of the burner. An optical probe focused culminated emission from the combustion chamber into a silica fiber which transported the radiative signal to the spectrometer. The method produced both wall and gas temperatures as well as total integrated intensity. Values for wall temperature ranged from 1150 to 1450K and gas temperatures ranged from 1150 to 1680K. The wall and gas temperature measurement trends were consistent with expected trends with periods of increasing and decreasing fuel flow rates. Temperatures could not be verified by independent measurements, but the absolute uncertainty of the gas temperature was estimated to be +100 and -50 K in the worst case, with the largest source of uncertainty being due to window fouling. These temperature and integrated intensity values were compared to measurements taken using thermocouple and radiometers at the same axial location on the reactor.

Ultraviolet-visible chemiluminescent emission features in laboratory-scale flames have been shown by several researchers to correlate well with the flame's equivalence ratio, and it has been suggested that this relation could be used to actively control flames. This study investigated the feasibility of extending this knowledge to the industrial setting. Radiative emissions from basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and thermal generating station burner flames were mainly characterized by thermally-induced greybody spectra; emissions from electronically excited species of OH*, OH*, and CO2* were generally weak and did not offer any unique information that could be used as part of a flame diagnostic system. A sub-study which assessed the impact of biomass cofiring demonstrated that emissions of SO2, NOx, and fossil-CO2 could be reduced with direct fuel replacement. The sensor system could be used as a pyrometer, and as part of a burner balancing strategy to counter increased CO emissions and decreased efficiency.

Ultraviolet-visible chemiluminescent emission features in laboratory-scale flames have been shown by several researchers to correlate well with the flame's equivalence ratio, and it has been suggested that this relation could be used to actively control flames. This study investigated the feasibility of extending this knowledge to the industrial setting. Radiative emissions from basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and thermal generating station burner flames were mainly characterized by thermally-induced greybody spectra; emissions from electronically excited species of OH*, OH*, and CO2* were generally weak and did not offer any unique information that could be used as part of a flame diagnostic system. A sub-study which assessed the impact of biomass cofiring demonstrated that emissions of SO2, NOx, and fossil-CO2 could be reduced with direct fuel replacement. The sensor system could be used as a pyrometer, and as part of a burner balancing strategy to counter increased CO emissions and decreased efficiency.

Accurate temperature and thermal property measurements are critical for the modeling and prediction of heat transfer. In many industries thermal management is a limiting factor of performance, and rely on advanced modeling techniques to develop and design methods to better manage thermal energy. This study expands the thermal property and pyrometry measurement capabilities by developing three new techniques based on thermal emission’s nonlinear dependence on temperature.

Thin filament pyrometry is a proven technique used to measure flame temperature by capturing the spectral radiance produced by the immersion of silicon carbide filaments in a hot gas environment. In this study a commercially available CMOS color camera was used, and the spectral response of each color channel was integrated with respect to the assumed graybody radiation spectrum to form a look up table between color ratio and temperature. Interpolated filament temperatures are then corrected for radiation losses via an energy balance to determine the flame temperature. Verification of the technique was performed on the Holthuis and Associates Flat Flame Burner, formerly known as the Mckenna Burner, and the results are directly compared to literature values measured on a similar burner. The results are also supported by radiation corrected measurements taken using a type B thermocouple on the same burner setup. An error propagation analysis was performed to determine which factors contribute the most to the final measurement uncertainty and confidence intervals are calculated for the results. Uncertainty values for a single point measurement were determined to be between ±15 and ±50 K depending on the color ratio and the total uncertainty associated with day-to-day changes in the measurement setup was found to be ±55 K. / Master of Science / Determination of flame temperature is an important aspect of combustion research and is often critical to the evaluation of combustion systems as well as the integration of those systems into more complex devices. In this thesis the technique of thin filament pyrometry was implemented and verified through the use of a well characterized calibration flame. This technique involves placing thin filaments usually made from silicon carbide into the flame and capturing the spectrum of light they emit with a detector. Since the amount of light emitted as well as which wavelengths the light is concentrated in is a strong function of temperature, this methodology may be used to calculate the temperature of the flame. Thin filament pyrometry has the advantage compared to other techniques in that it is extremely cheap to implement and requires no advanced scientific equipment. The SiC filaments have been shown to have a very high resistance to the flame environment and do not face many of the same challenges that can cause problems for other techniques. A statistical analysis of the method implemented in this work was also performed and the expected uncertainty was similar to many of the alternative techniques which necessitate a more complex or expensive setup.

Dans l'industrie comme dans la Recherche, la température est un paramètre clef pour la maîtrise et la compréhension du comportement des matériaux. Ainsi, dans le Réacteur nucléaire de Recherche Jules Horowitz (RJH), actuellement en construction au CEA Cadarache, un dispositif expérimental est élaboré afin d'étudier le comportement thermomécanique d'une gaine combustible. Celle-ci sera placée dans des conditions qui simulent une situation accidentelle (Accident de Perte de Réfrigérant Primaire, APRP) pendant laquelle elle s'échauffera rapidement. Le suivi de température, entre 700 et 1200 à ±10°C, doit pouvoir se faire par un capteur pyrométrique déporté par fibre optique. L'enjeu est d'optimiser la mesure en comparant différentes techniques de pyrométrie. Pour cela, l'étude est menée sous l'angle des deux principales difficultés techniques inhérentes à la réalisation du capteur. Le premier défi est lié au comportement des fibres optiques dans un environnement mixte où irradiation et haute température sont intimement liées. La fibre va subir des flux neutroniques de l'ordre de 10^12 nrapide/cm²/s et un débit de dose d'environ 1kGy/s. De plus son extrémité est soumise à une température de paroi élevée, de l'ordre de 800°C. Dans ces conditions, lumières parasites, bandes d'absorption et atténuation fluctuante sont autant de contraintes dont les effets sont à éviter ou à minimiser. Une étude prédictive fait le point sur les recommandations théoriques à suivre pour une mesure optimale.La seconde difficulté, qui concerne la mesure de température par pyrométrie, vient des variations spectrales attendues pour l'émissivité de la cible. Le matériau d'étude, choisi pour son utilisation dominante en France, est le Zircaloy-4. Sous l'effet de l'oxydation, l'émissivité spectrale de cet alliage de Zirconium évolue. Ce manuscrit montre qu'entre 700 et 800°C il est expérimentalement possible d'effectuer une mesure pyrométrique en laboratoire, hors irradiation.En croisant ces différents résultats, il apparaît envisageable d'effectuer une mesure de température dans les conditions du RJH à condition de maîtriser les différents paramètres parasites et de privilégier certaines longueurs d'onde. Ce travail s'inscrit dans une voie prometteuse pour l'utilisation à distance de la pyrométrie optique en milieu nucléaire civil sévère. / In both research and industry, temperature is a key parameter for understanding and characterizing the behavior of materials. To study the thermomechanical behavior of a fuel rod, a test device is designed for the Jules Horowitz Material Testing Reactor (currently under construction in the CEA Cadarache). The device will be placed under accidental conditions (Loss Of Coolant Accident, LOCA) causing rapid overheating. The temperature tracking, between 700 and 1200°C, will be measured by a fiber optic sensor. The aim of the project is to optimize temperature measurement by comparing different pyrometry techniques. This study covers the management of the main difficulties inherent to the design of the sensor.The first challenge consists of predicting optical fiber behavior in such complex environments where irradiation and high temperature are combined. The fiber will be exposed to a neutron dose rate about 10^12 nfast/cm²/s and ϒ dose rate of about 1kGy/s. Moreover its extremity is heated to approximately 800°C. It is shown that under these conditions, light interferences, absorption bands and fluctuating attenuation are obstacles to overcome or to mitigate.The second challenge, concerning pyrometric measurement, comes from spectral variations expected for the rod emissivity. The material of study is chosen for its widespread use in France: Zircaloy-4. Under oxidating conditions the spectral emissivity of this Zirconium alloy evolves. This thesis proves that between 700 and 800°C pyrometric measurement is possible from experimental point of view in laboratory without irradiation.In conclusion rod temperature tracking in JHR conditions may be possible providing that interferences are mastered and wavelengths are chosen. This work makes the use of optical pyrometry under civil nuclear extreme conditions more promising.

Cette thèse porte sur les propriétés thermooptiques de matériaux en émission et réflexion depuis les températures cryogéniques jusqu'aux très hautes températures. Afin de dégager des lois générales sur l’émission de rayonnement d’un solide, il faut connaitre les paramètres fondamentaux : indice complexe, fréquence de relaxation, fréquence plasma sur le domaine le plus large possible à la fois en température mais aussi en longueur d’onde. Dans ce but une partie importante du travail de thèse a consisté à développer des moyens de mesure qui permettent d’effectuer des spectres d’émission ou de réflexion de l’ultraviolet à l’infrarouge lointain et pour les températures de 40K à 3000K.Une fois cet objectif atteint, un des premiers résultats fondamentaux a été d’étudier le zirconium à haute température. La multiplicité des montages nécessaires pour couvrir le domaine de mesure a permis ensuite des applications industrielles très variées, depuis la détermination du facteur d’absorption solaire du Kapton à 77K pour un satellite jusqu'à la cartographie en émissivité et température d’un bain de soudage d’acier. A température proche de l’ambiante la détermination de l’efficacité d’un isolant à bulles métallisé a conduit à mesurer et introduire dans les calculs les propriétés des matériaux dans l’infrarouge lointain. / This study deals with the thermo-optical properties of materials by emission and reflection from cryogenic temperatures up to very high temperatures.To identify the general laws of radiative emission of a solid, some basic parameters should be known: complex index, relaxation frequency, plasma frequency in a wide range of both temperatures and wavelengths. For this purpose, an important part of this work was to develop means to measure emission or reflection spectra from the ultraviolet to the far infrared and for temperatures from 40K to 3000K.When this is achieved, one of the earliest fundamental results was the study of zirconium at high temperature. Various experimentation was then used for a wide variety of industrial applications: from the determination of solar absorptance of Kapton at 77K for a satellite to the cartographies of emissivity and temperature for a bath of welding steel. In order to determine the insulation effectiveness of a bubble plating film near ambient temperature, measurement and introduction of material properties in the far infrared in the calculations have been conducted.

La radiométrie photothermique (PTR) est une technique standard qui mesure les propriétés thermiques en mesurant la réponse thermique d’un matériau à un échauffement optique. Le travail présenté ici développe la théorie PTR en prenant en compte la dépendance non linéaire des émissions thermiques par rapport à la température. Cette théorie PTR est explorée numériquement et expérimentalement dans ce travail en utilisant la dépendance non linéaire du rayonnement thermique en fonction de la température. Une technique de mesure de l'effusivité thermique et deux nouvelles techniques de pyrométrie sont développées et testées expérimentalement. La première technique de pyrométrie permet une mesure précise de l’augmentation de température lors d'une mesure PTR traditionnelle. Cela a de nombreuses applications lorsque l'échantillon est sensible à l’augmentation de température et peut être endommagé en raison d’une surchauffe. La deuxième technique de pyrométrie ne nécessite pas que l’émissivité soit connue, mesurée ou d’être basée sur l’hypothèse d’un corps gris. Cependant la mesure peut être fortement influencée par une erreur sur la bande passante des filtres optiques utilisés et elle est très sensible à toute non-linéarité dans le système de détection. À partir des résultats expérimentaux, des directives de conception sont fournies pour minimiser ces deux inconvénients. La troisième méthode développée permet une mesure directe et sans contact de l'effusivité thermique d'un matériau homogène. Ce type de mesure n'a encore jamais été réalisé avec d'autres techniques. Les résultats expérimentaux d'effusivité de cette technique montrent un excellent accord avec les valeurs de la littérature. / Photothermal radiometry (PTR) is a standard technique which measures thermal properties by measuring a materials thermal response due to optical heating. PTR measures the emitted thermal radiation from a sample to determine the thermal response. The work presented here further develops the PTR theory by including the nonlinear dependence of thermal emission with respect to temperature. This more advanced PTR theory is numerically and experimentally explored in this work. A thermal effusivity measurement technique and two new pyrometry techniques are developed and experimentally tested using the nonlinear dependence in the PTR theory. The first pyrometry technique allows for accurate temperature measurement during a traditional PTR measurement. This has many applications when the sample is sensitive to an increase in temperature and possibly damaged due to overheating. The second pyrometry technique does not require emissivity to be known, measured, or rely on a gray body assumption. The measurement can be influenced greatly by any error in the bandwidth of optical filters used in the measurement, and it is very sensitive to any nonlinearity in the detection system. From the experimental results, design guidelines are provided to minimize these two drawbacks of the technique for future exploration. The direct thermal effusivity measurement developed allows for a non-contact, direct measurement of thermal effusivity of a homogenous material. This type of measurement has not been achieved with any other technique. The experimental effusivity results from this technique show excellent agreement with literature values.

La connaissance des champs de flux thermique sur les composants d’un tokamak estun élément important de la conception de ce type de machines. L’objectif de cette thèse est dedévelopper et mettre en œuvre une méthode de calcul de ces flux à partir des mesures detempérature par thermographie infrarouge. Ce travail repose sur trois objectifs qui concernentles tokamaks actuels et futurs (ITER) : mesurer un champ de température d'une paroiréfléchissante par pyrométrie photothermique (pré-étude), caractériser les propriétésthermiques des dépôts sur les surfaces des composants et développer un calcultridimensionnel et non-linéaire du flux.Une comparaison de différentes techniques de pyrométries monochromatique,bichromatique et photothermique est effectuée sur une expérience de laboratoire de mesure detempérature. Une sensibilité importante de la technique de pyrométrie photothermique auxgradients de température sur la zone observée a été mise en évidence.Les dépôts en surface des composants exposés au plasma, sans inertie thermique, sontmodélisés par des champs de résistance thermique équivalente transverse. Ce champ derésistance est déterminé, en tout point de mesure, par confrontation du champ de températurede paroi issu de la thermographie avec le résultat d’une simulation par un modèlemonodimensionnel linéaire du composant. Une information sur la répartition spatiale du dépôtà la surface d’un composant est alors obtenue.Un calcul tridimensionnel et non-linéaire du champ de flux pariétal sur un composantest développé, par une méthode d’éléments finis, à partir de maillages de composants issus deCAO. La sensibilité du flux calculé à la précision des mesures de températures est discutée.Cette méthode est appliquée à des campagnes de mesures de températurebidimensionnelles par thermographie infrarouge sur des composants du tokamak JET. Leschamps de flux sur les tuiles du divertor, la protection supérieure et les protections poloïdalesinternes et externes sont déterminés et étudiés dans les deux directions, poloïdale ettoroïdale, du tokamak. La symétrie toroïdale du flux, d’une tuile à l’autre, est établie.L’influence de la résolution spatiale des mesures sur les flux calculés est discutée, à partir decomparaisons de résultats obtenus à partir de deux systèmes de thermographie de résolutionsdifférentes. / Knowing the fields of heat fluxes on the components of a tokamak is a key element todesign these devices. The goal of this thesis is the development of a method of computation ofthose heat loads from measurements of temperature by infrared thermography. The researchwas conducted on three issues arising in current tokamaks but also future ones like ITER: themeasurement of temperature on reflecting walls, the determination of thermal properties fordeposits observed on the surface of tokamak’s components and the development of a threedimensional,non-linear computation of heat loads.A comparison of several means of pyrometry, monochromatic, bichromatic andphotothermal, is performed on an experiment of temperature measurement. We show that thismeasurement is sensitive to temperature gradients on the observed area.Layers resulting from carbon deposition by the plasma on the surface of componentsare modeled through a field of equivalent thermal resistance, without thermal inertia. Thefield of this resistance is determined, for each measurement points, from a comparison ofsurface temperature from infrared thermographs with the result of a simulation, which isbased on a mono-dimensional linear model of components. The spatial distribution of thedeposit on the component surface is obtained.Finally, a three-dimensional and non-linear computation of fields of heat fluxes, basedon a finite element method, is developed here. Exact geometries of the component, releasedfrom CAD’s design, are used. The sensitivity of the computed heat fluxes is discussedregarding the accuracy of the temperature measurements.This computation is applied to two-dimensional temperature measurements of the JETtokamak. Several components of this tokamak are modeled, such as tiles of the divertor, upperlimiter and inner and outer poloïdal limiters. The distribution of heat fluxes on the surface ofthese components is computed and studied along the two main tokamak’s directions, poloidaland toroidal. Toroidal symmetry of the heat loads from one tile to another is shown. Theinfluence of measurements spatial resolution on the calculated heat fluxes is discussed bycomparing results obtained from measurements of two systems of thermography.

Oxy-combustion is a developing technology that enables carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. Flame temperature and emissivity data were taken on a 150 kWth, pulverized-coal, burner flow reactor (BFR) that has been modified to run oxy-combustion with pure CO2 as simulated recycled flue gas. Data were taken at 78 conditions in which three parameters were varied, namely: the swirl angle of the fuel stream, the location of the oxidizer as it exited the burner, and the flow rate of diluent (pure CO2) added to the outer, secondary stream. At each condition, digital color images were obtained using a calibrated RGB camera. The images were used to determine lift-off length, temperature, and emissivity. The mathematical theory of two-color pyrometry and the calibration process used to measure the camera sensitivity is presented. The two most commonly used emissivity models in two-color pyrometry, the Hottel and Broughton and gray models, were investigated to determine which was the most appropriate for use in an oxy-coal flame. A significant difference of 7% in the temperature and 24% in the emissivity results were found when processing an image with the Hottel and Broughton and gray emissivity models. The Hottel and Broughton model was selected for processing, because the Hottel and Broughton model is more appropriate for soot which appeared to dominate flame emissions. Using the two-color data, several trends were documented. Flame temperature was seen to decrease with increasing CO2 flow rate. Within a given flame along the axial direction, temperature was seen to correlate with emissivity. As emissivity increased, flame temperature was seen to decrease. Many flames were lifted from the burner exit. Lift-off length was decreased and the flames became more attached by: 1) Increasing the amount of swirl given to the fuel stream, 2) Adding O2 to the center primary tube or 3) Decreasing the flow of secondary CO2. At higher center oxygen flow rates (above 8.5 kg/hr), the O2 jet velocity was large causing increased entrainment and mixing which degraded burner performance.