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    • Combustion diagnostics
    • Optical thermometry
    • Heat transfer

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    • Surface temperature measurement in combustion systems is critical but hindered by reflection and gas radiation.
    • Two-color pyrometry is a common technique, but its accuracy is compromised in harsh environments.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To quantitatively analyze temperature errors in two-color pyrometry caused by reflection and combustion gas radiation (H2O-CO2-CO-N2 mixture).
    • To investigate the impact of wavelength, gas concentration, and viewing path length on measurement accuracy.
    • To propose a method for error correction in practical combustion applications.

    Main Methods:

    • Development and application of an analytical two-color pyrometry model.
    • Quantitative analysis of temperature errors under combined reflection and gas radiation effects.
    • Investigation of error dependency on wavelength, gas composition, and path length.

    Main Results:

    • Gas absorption and emission significantly impact measurements at long wavelengths, while reflection dominates at short wavelengths.
    • Two-color pyrometry becomes unreliable in combustors with significant reflection and hot gas radiation.
    • Temperature error increases linearly with gas concentration and viewing path length under specific conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • Reflection and combustion gas radiation introduce substantial errors in two-color pyrometry.
    • A linear extrapolation method can correct for gaseous absorption and emission effects when the gas is isothermal and optically thin.
    • The findings provide theoretical support for designing and applying two-color pyrometers in gas-fired furnaces.