Measurements of CO concentration distribution for Mars atmospheric entry by combining OES and TDLAS

Xin Lin; Lianzhong Chen; Dongbin Ou; Fei Li; Xilong Yu

doi:10.1117/12.2180592

4 May 2015 Measurements of CO concentration distribution for Mars atmospheric entry by combining OES and TDLAS

Xin Lin, Lianzhong Chen, Dongbin Ou, Fei Li, Xilong Yu

Proceedings Volume 9543, Third International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter; 954314 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180592
Event: Third International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter, 2014, Jiangsu, China

Abstract

Shock tube experiments are carried out to study the physical and chemical processes during a vehicle entry into the Mars atmosphere using optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). Gas temperature and CO concentration distribution are diagnosed behind a shock wave in a CO₂-N₂ mixture with two different conditions of initial pressure and velocity. The strong shock wave is established in a shock tube driven by combustion of hydrogen and oxygen. Time-resolved spectra of the Δv = 0 sequence of the B²Σ+→X²Σ+ electronic transition of CN have been observed through OES. A precise analysis of the CN violet spectra is performed and used to determine rotational and vibrational temperatures. Two absorption lines in the first overtone band of CO near 2.33 μm, are selected from a HITRAN simulation to calibrate laser wavelength and detect the CO concentration. Combined with these temperature results using OES, CO concentrations in the thermal equilibrium region are derived, which are 2.91 × 10¹² cm^-3 and 1.01 × 10¹³ cm^-3, corresponding to equilibrium temperatures equal to 7000 ± 400 K and 6000 ± 300 K in low and high pressure conditions, respectively.

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Xin Lin, Lianzhong Chen, Dongbin Ou, Fei Li, and Xilong Yu "Measurements of CO concentration distribution for Mars atmospheric entry by combining OES and TDLAS", Proc. SPIE 9543, Third International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter, 954314 (4 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180592

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