Temporal temperature measurement on burning biomass pellets using phosphor thermometry and two-line atomic fluorescence
We report accurate in-situ optical measurements of surface temperature, volatile gas temperature, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission over the whole burning history of individual biomass pellets in various combustion atmospheres. Two biomass fuels, wood and straw, were prepared in cylindrical pellets of ~300 mg. The pellets were burned in a well-controlled combustion atmosphere prov