The aspirating probe has recently been successfully used to measure entropy within a turbomachine; however, it was found that its sensitivity to total pressure and total temperature fluctuations was significantly altered at high frequencies. If the aspirating probe is to be used to measure unsteady flow fields accurately, these high-frequency effects must be better understood. The analysis of this behavior presented here shows that there are three effects that must be considered: the frequency response of the hot wires, the presence of Mach number fluctuations inside the probe, and the change in heat transfer from the hot wires at high frequencies. A theoretical analysis of the first effect has provided a correction factor that can be used for any hot wire, dependent solely on the baseline heat transfer ratio, the overheat ratio, and the time constant of the hot wires. The second and third effects have been examined numerically, since no theoretical solution is known to exist. The Mach number fluctuations are found to be well predicted by a simple one-dimensional solver and to show a variation of in Mach number at the hot-wire plane for the geometry and flow field considered here. The variation in heat transfer with frequency is found to be negligible at high overheat ratios, but significant at overheat ratios below . Coefficients that determine how the measured total pressure and total temperature depend on the actual total pressure, total temperature, and Mach number have been derived, and these show significant variation with the values of the two overheat ratios. Using synthetic data, based on previous experimental data, the effects on the probe measurement accuracy are analyzed. This shows that the amplitudes of total pressure and total temperature are reduced. At widely spaced overheat ratios, the amplitudes are reduced by similar amounts, but at smaller spacing the reductions become dissimilar, resulting in highly erroneous entropy∕R measurements. High-frequency effects thus have a significant effect on the performance of the aspirating probe and should be carefully considered when using it in a highly unsteady flow field.
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High-Frequency Effects in the Aspirating Probe
S. J. Payne,
S. J. Payne
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford
, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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A. J. W. Moxon
A. J. W. Moxon
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford
, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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S. J. Payne
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford
, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
A. J. W. Moxon
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford
, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United KingdomJ. Turbomach. Oct 2007, 129(4): 842-851 (10 pages)
Published Online: October 9, 2006
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May 16, 2005
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October 9, 2006
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Payne, S. J., and Moxon, A. J. W. (October 9, 2006). "High-Frequency Effects in the Aspirating Probe." ASME. J. Turbomach. October 2007; 129(4): 842–851. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2720872
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