Saeed, R. I. and Saleh, Kh. and Buttsworth, D. (2019) Ice crystal icing wind tunnel at USQ: initial characterisation. In: International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE 2019), 22-27 Sept 2019, Canberra, Australia.
Abstract
The Research Icing Wind Tunnel at the University of Southern Queensland (RIWT-USQ) has recently been established to enable cost-e ff ective experimentation for hardware and instrumentation development, and for fundamental studies of ice crystal icing at compressor- relevant flow conditions. The wind tunnel uses liquid nitrogen evaporation for water droplet freeze-out, followed by natural particle melting through dilution with warm air. The icing jet generator has a nozzle exit diameter of 170 mm and is positioned on the centre line of an open circuit wind tunnel which generates a co flowing stream at a similar flow speed. A probe traversing system was developed for the icing jet nozzle exit flow to enable quantification of the velocity and temperature uniformity at the exit of the icing jet generator. Within a core flow diameter of 140 mm, the flow speed was 28.1 ± 1.1 m / s. The jet exit temperature uniformity was also reasonable: over the same jet core flow region at one particular operating condition, the temperature was −9 . 1 ± 1.9◦C. Further developments are in-progress to increase the icing jet flow speed and improve the measurement of the icing jet temperature uniformity.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2021 05:58 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2021 03:10 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ice crystal, Icing tunnel |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 09 Engineering > 0913 Mechanical Engineering > 091399 Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4017 Mechanical engineering > 401799 Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | B Economic Development > 88 Transport > 8803 Aerospace Transport > 880399 Aerospace Transport not elsewhere classified A Defence > 81 Defence > 8101 Defence > 810199 Defence not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/41997 |
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