A method of determining emissions captured can include receiving information indicative of transmission of light through a region nearby an air handling apparatus. The information can include information indicative of a first condition wherein emissions to be captured by the air handling apparatus are suppressed and information indicative of a second condition wherein the emissions to be captured by the air handling apparatus are present. A processor circuit can be used to determine a difference between the information about the transmission of light during the first condition and information about the transmission of light during the second condition. The processor circuit can be used to determine a portion of the emissions captured by the air handling apparatus using information about the determined difference.

Surface pressure measurements on rotating models are important for flow phenomenon identification, understanding flow mechanisms and model aerodynamic design. The disclosure discloses a periodic pressure field measurement system based on the superposed lifetime of pressure sensitive paint, including pressure sensitive paint, a pulse light source, a camera, a synchronizer and a computer. A lifetime superposition method is disclosed in the disclosure for measuring periodic pressure fields of pressure sensitive paint. The disclosure has the beneficial effects: the disclosure acquires, on the basis of a relationship between the fluorescence lifetime of the pressure sensitive paint and the pressure, fluorescence image pair sequence of the pressure sensitive paint with a high signal to noise ratio under a high-frequency pulsating pressure through the strobe light source and the low-frame-rate CCD camera, and obtains the global dynamic pressure distribution according to the measurement principle of the lifetime method, which can effectively reduce system errors.

A system and method for monitoring a flow of a fluid on an external surface of a structure in motion. The structure defines an external side comprising the external surface and an internal side opposed from the external side. The system comprises a fluid dispensing device located on the internal side of the structure. The fluid dispensing device comprises the fluid and a conduit that directs the fluid onto the external surface of the structure. An observation device is located on the external side of the structure. The observation device is positioned to observe the flow of fluid on the external surface of the structure.

A method and a system for diagnosing high-enthalpy shock tunnel flow field parameters are provided. In the method, the parameters of the reservoir at the end of shock tunnel and nozzle free flow are measured by using a contact measurement technology and a non-contact spectrum measurement technology to diagnose the high-enthalpy shock tunnel flow field. With the method, not only flow field temperature, pressure, component category and component concentration, but also non-equilibrium state information of the flow field and the effective wind tunnel working time can be obtained.

Aspects of the present disclosure may include systems and methods for assessing high resolution surface pressure fields generated by air moving across at least a portion of a bluff body, the method including covering the at least a portion of the surface of the bluff body with a layer of oil film comprising a luminescent dye; placing the bluff body in moving air with a constant velocity; assessing the luminescence of the dye in at least two consecutive time periods, wherein the luminescence of the dye is related to the thickness of the oil film at one or more locations on the surface of the bluff body.

A system including a test component including a first gas channel formed in the test component, a surface at least partially coated with pressure sensitive paint, and seed channels formed in the test component extending from the first gas channel to the surface, the seed channels defining seed holes formed in the surface opposite the first gas channel. A first gas source delivers a first gas to the first gas channel, a second gas source delivers a second gas across the seed holes, an imaging device capturing image data of a seed flow streak of the first gas based on a change in luminescence intensity of the pressure sensitive paint, and an electronic control unit determines whether an angle between the seed flow streak and an imaginary line extending parallel to a centerline of the test component is greater than a predetermined threshold.