In-furnace retro-reflectors with steerable tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01N-021/55
G01N-021/39
G01N-021/84
F23M-011/04
F23N-005/08
F23M-020/00
G01J-003/02
G02B-005/122
G01J-003/42
출원번호
US-0395037
(2013-03-15)
등록번호
US-9366621
(2016-06-14)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2013/032479
(2013-03-15)
국제공개번호
WO2013/158311
(2013-10-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Howell, Jim
Masterson, Bernard Patrick
Harris, Rod
Giltner, David
Jobson, Atilio
Estes, Michael John
Sappey, Andrew D.
출원인 / 주소
Zolo Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.
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초록▼
A method of monitoring combustion properties in an interior of a furnace is described. A beam of light is projected through a pitch optic including a pitch collimating lens residing outside the boiler interior. The pitch collimating lens projects the beam through a penetration into the boiler interi
A method of monitoring combustion properties in an interior of a furnace is described. A beam of light is projected through a pitch optic including a pitch collimating lens residing outside the boiler interior. The pitch collimating lens projects the beam through a penetration into the boiler interior. The beam of light projected by the pitch collimating lens is reflected from at least one in-furnace retro-reflector, and received with a catch optic substantially identical to the pitch optic residing outside the boiler interior. The pitch optic and the catch optic may be embodied in the same pitch/catch optic. The pitch collimating lens may also be steered toward another of the at least one in-furnace retro-reflectors. Combustion properties may be calculated for each retro-reflector based on retro-reflector zones within the furnace.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of monitoring combustion properties in an interior of a combustion furnace, the method comprising: providing at least one penetration in a wall of the furnace;providing at least two retro-reflecting surfaces within an interior of the furnace;projecting a beam of light through an optic co
1. A method of monitoring combustion properties in an interior of a combustion furnace, the method comprising: providing at least one penetration in a wall of the furnace;providing at least two retro-reflecting surfaces within an interior of the furnace;projecting a beam of light through an optic comprising a collimating lens residing outside the interior of the furnace, the collimating lens being optically coupled to the at least one penetration to project the beam into the interior of the furnace toward a first retro-reflecting surface of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces;receiving the beam of light from the first retro-reflecting surface with the optic;measuring the combustion properties based on the received beam of light from the first retro-reflecting surface;steering the beam of light through the optic to a second retro-reflecting surface of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces;receiving the beam of light from the second retro-reflecting surface with the optic; andmeasuring the combustion properties based on at least the received beam of light from the second retro-reflecting surface. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces is at least one of a single, large retro-reflector or an array of smaller retro-reflector elements. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first retro-reflecting surface and the second retro-reflecting surface are first and second portions of a single retro-reflecting surface comprising an array of discrete retro-reflectors, and wherein steering from the first retro-reflecting surface to the second retro-reflecting surface is steering from the first portion to the second portion of the single retro-reflecting surface. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces within the interior of the furnace includes arranging a plurality of retro-reflectors in at least one of a single-plane configuration, a multi-plane configuration, a pre-arranged configuration, and an arbitrary configuration throughout the interior of the furnace. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein each plane of the single-plane configuration and the multi-plane configuration is either perpendicular to the wall of the furnace or parallel to the beam of light projected through the optic. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein steering the beam of light through the optic includes tilting the optic about at least one of two orthogonal axes that are perpendicular to an optical axis of the at least one penetration. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the beam of light includes receiving the beam in a multimode optical fiber, and wherein measuring the combustion properties includes filtering noise by averaging modal noise induced signal level variation of light propagating within the multimode optical fiber. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces includes providing a plurality of retro-reflectors positioned within the interior of the furnace to monitor combustion zones within the furnace, wherein projecting the beam of light includes projecting the beam toward each of the plurality of retro-reflectors, and wherein measuring the combustion properties includes calculating the combustion properties by taking into account measurements of the beam reflected and received from each zone. 9. An apparatus for sensing combustion properties in an interior of a combustion furnace, the apparatus comprising: a diode laser having a select lasing frequency;a collimating lens optically coupled to a beam generated by the diode laser, the collimating lens being configured to project the beam from the diode laser into a penetration in a wall of the furnace;at least two retro-reflecting surfaces positioned within an interior of the furnace, and each configured to reflect the beam from the collimating lens back to the collimating lens;a kinematic tilt stage including at least one stepper motor, a motor drive, and a stage coupled to at least the collimating lens, wherein the at least one stepper motor is configured to tilt the stage about at least one of two orthogonal axes that are perpendicular to an optical axis of the first penetration, so as to steer the beam from a first retro-reflecting surface to a second retro-reflecting surface of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces; anda detector sensitive to the select lasing frequency optically coupled to the collimating lens. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces is made of a material selected from the group consisting of sapphire and quartz. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein each of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces is one of a single, large retro-reflector and an array of smaller retro-reflector elements. 12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces includes at least one of a corner cube retro-reflecting optic and a cat's eye retro-reflecting sphere. 13. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a mounting structure provided within the interior of the furnace positioned on a side of the furnace opposite to a side of the interior of the furnace on which flame-emitting burners are located, wherein each of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces is configured to be secured to a mounting structure. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one mounting structure includes a ceramic mounting structure having slots in which each of the retro-reflecting surfaces is held. 15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the furnace includes a ceiling and a floor, the ceiling and floor are substantially perpendicular to the wall of the furnace, and wherein the flame-emitting burners are mounted to the ceiling, while the mounting structures are mounted to the floor. 16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces includes a plurality of retro-reflectors arranged in at least one of a single-plane configuration, a multi-plane configuration, a pre-arranged configuration, and an arbitrary configuration throughout the interior of the furnace. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein each plane of the single-plane configuration and the multi-plane configuration is either perpendicular to the wall of the furnace or parallel to the beam projected through the optic. 18. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a multimode optical fiber optically coupled to the collimating lens and the detector, and configured to receive the reflected beam from the collimating lens and to transmit the reflected beam to the detector. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a noise reduction component that is configured to filter noise by averaging modal noise induced signal level variation of light propagating within the multimode optical fiber, and to output a filtered signal to the detector. 20. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a relay lens optically coupled to the collimating lens and the penetration, the relay lens being configured to project the beam from the diode laser, through the collimating lens and the penetration, to the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces, and to receive the reflected beam from each of the at least two retro-reflecting surfaces and transmit the reflected beam to the detector.
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