Fast-Response transient heat flux measurements in a plasma wind tunnel

Birch, Byrenn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0625-2455 and Buttsworth, David and Loehle, Stefan and Hufgard, Fabian (2021) Fast-Response transient heat flux measurements in a plasma wind tunnel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 173:121234. ISSN 0017-9310

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Abstract

A fast response heat transfer gauge has been developed to measure the radial distribution and the fluctuations of heat flux in a supersonic arcjet plasma wind tunnel. The heat flux gauge consists of 3.2 mm diameter coaxial surface junction thermocouple which was positioned behind a thin layer of PTFE and mounted in a ESA standard 50 mm diameter flat faced copper probe head. A non-dimensional impulse response for the heat flux gauge was identified using pulsed optical power deposition from a laser. The impulse response was used in combination with reference measurements from a calorimeter at a single location to determine the distribution and fluctuations in heat flux. Eight traverses of the PWK4 jet at the University of Stuttgart confirmed a symmetric Gaussian-like heat flux distribution with a centreline heat flux consistent to within ±6%. These distributions were measured in less than one second, representing a significant gain in productivity when compared to calorimeter-based heat flux measurements where probes must be held stationary at a number of locations in order to resolve spatial distributions. At this particular PWK4 operating condition, which had a flow stagnation enthalpy of approximately 15 MJkg−1, heat flux fluctuations of up to ± 140 kWm-2 (corresponding to a relative variation of 15% of the centreline heat flux) were identified near the vicinity of the nozzle centreline for frequencies from 4 Hz to 1 kHz.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2021)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (1 Aug 2018 -)
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2021 00:58
Last Modified:	22 Sep 2021 05:09
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Plasma wind tunnel, Laser calibration, Heat flux, System identification
Fields of Research (2008):	09 Engineering > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091505 Heat and Mass Transfer Operations 09 Engineering > 0901 Aerospace Engineering > 090107 Hypersonic Propulsion and Hypersonic Aerodynamics
Fields of Research (2020):	40 ENGINEERING > 4001 Aerospace engineering > 400106 Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerothermodynamics 40 ENGINEERING > 4012 Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering > 401205 Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121234
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/41761

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