Instrumentation systems for a continuous flow turbine rotor

Mark R.D. Davies, Catherine M. Byrne, Paul Dillon

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Abstract

The design and testing of instrumentation systems for the measurement of steady and unsteady turbine blade surface pressure and boundary layer condition for a turbine stage operating at design Mach and Reynolds numbers is presented. The boundary layer condition is monitored by an array of suction and pressure surface heated thin-film gauges. This paper describes the desigo of a forty channel constant temperature bridge to drive these gauges. The bridge fits into the centre of a sub-shaft driven by the turbine wheel. The amplified bridge output is transferred from the rotor via an array of light emitting diodes. The surface pressure is recorded by unpackaged pressure transducer chips laid into the surface of the blade. This paper also describes the circuitry necessary to drive these transducers. The position of these circuits and the transmission method are the same as those used for the thin film gauges. Both systems have a bandwidth sufficient for the resolution of vane-blade interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationManufacturing Materials and Metallurgy; Ceramics; Structures and Dynamics; Controls, Diagnostics and Instrumentation; Education; IGTI Scholar Award
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791878712
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997
EventASME 1997 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, GT 1997 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 2 Jun 19975 Jun 1997

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
Volume4

Conference

ConferenceASME 1997 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, GT 1997
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period2/06/975/06/97

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