We
performed a comprehensive laser absorption/extinction study
of temperature and soot volume fraction (SVF) in C2H4/air premixed sooting flames. Laser-absorption two-line thermometry
at 2.5 μm provided a temperature uncertainty of 50 K compared
with that of 90 K using conventional thermocouples. Laser extinction
of soot at 633 nm was first validated against the previous measurements
using laser-induced incandescence. All of the measurements were conducted
at four representative C2H4 flame conditions
(equivalence ratio Φ = 1.78, 1.95, 2.14, and 2.38). In addition,
a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) framework coupling a skeletal
mechanism (56 species and 428 reactions) with the Moss–Brookes
model was developed for interpreting the experimental data. The current
CFD simulations well predicted the temperature and SVF distribution
along the centerline of flame. It is of interest to observe that the
SVF depends on the Reynolds number of reactants by investigating the
SVFs at different heights above the burner for the varied flow rates
and equivalence ratios.