Abstract: An energy content meter can spectroscopically quantify oxidation products after oxidation of a combustible mixture. The measured oxidation product concentrations or mole fractions can be converted to an energy content of the un-oxidized combustible mixture using a conversion factor that relates oxygen consumption during oxidation of the combustible mixture to the energy content of the combustible mixture.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 28, 2008
Publication date:
January 29, 2009
Inventors:
Alfred Feitisch, Xiang Liu, Xin Zhou, Dale Langham, Charles F. Cook