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In this paper, a new-developed forward illumination light extinction (FILE) soot measurement technique is introduced. This technique has the capability to give two-dimensional time-resolved quantitative soot measurements. Applying the light extinction theory, the line-of-sight soot volume fraction is determined by the ratio of reflected light intensities with and without a soot cloud. The advantages of this technique include its non-intrusiveness, ease of application, requirement of only one optically accessible window, and suitability for the study of transient cycle-to-cycle variations. The application of the FILE technique for diesel combustion in a constant volume chamber demonstrates the applicability and advantages of this technique. Three stages of soot formation during diesel combustion were determined using this technique.

The formation of fuel film in the combustion cylinder affects the mixing process of the air and the fuel, and the process of the combustion propagation in engines. Some models of film evaporation have been developed to predict the evaporation behavior of the film, but rarely experimental results have been produced, especially when the temperature is high. In this study, the evaporation behavior of the film of different species of oil and their blends at different temperature are observed. The 45 μL films of isooctane, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, and their blends were placed on a quartz glass substrate in the closed temperature-controlled chamber. The shape change of the film during evaporation was monitored by a high-speed camera through the window of the chamber. First, the binary blends film of isooctane and one of the other three oils were evaporated at 30 °C, 50 °C, 70 °C and 90 °C.