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Large-area imager of hydrogen leaks in fuel cells using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 103104 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3244089

Published 13 October 2009

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M. Hori,1,2 R. S. Hayano,2 M. Fukuta,3 T. Koyama,3 H. Nobusue,3 and J. Tanaka3
1Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
2Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
3Automobile R&D Center, Honda R&D Corporation, 4630 Oaza, Shimo-Takanezawa, Haga-Machi, Haga-gun, Tochigi-ken 329-1495, Japan
We constructed a simple device, which utilized laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to image H2 gas leaking from the surfaces of hydrogen fuel cells to ambient air. Nanosecond laser pulses of wavelength lambda=532  nm emitted from a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser were first compressed to a pulse length Deltat<1  ns using a stimulated Brillouin backscattering cell. Relay-imaging optics then focused this beam onto the H2 leak and initiated the breakdown plasma. The Balmer-alpha (H-alpha) emission that emerged from this was collected with a 2-m-long macrolens assembly with a 90-mm-diameter image area, which covered a solid angle of ~1×10−3pi steradians seen from the plasma. The H-alpha light was isolated by two 100-mm-diameter interference filters with a 2 nm bandpass, and imaged by a thermoelectrically cooled charge-coupled device camera. By scanning the position of the laser focus, the spatial distribution of H2 gas over a 90-mm-diameter area was photographed with a spatial resolution of <=5  mm. Photoionization of the water vapor in the air caused a strong H-alpha background. By using pure N2 as a buffer gas, H2 leaks with rates of <1  cc/min were imaged. We also studied the possibilities of detecting He, Ne, or Xe gas leaks. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 7 April 2009; accepted 14 September 2009; published 13 October 2009
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PACS
  • 82.47.-a
    Applied electrochemistry
  • 42.55.Px
    Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes
  • 42.79.Pw
    Imaging detectors and sensors
  • YEAR: 2009

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