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Design and operation of a fast, thin-film thermocouple probe on a turbine engine
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Meredith, Roger D. Wrbanek, John D. Fralick, Gustave C. Chen, Liang-Yu Hunter, Gary W. Greer II, Lawrence C. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | As a demonstration of technology maturation, a thin-film temperature sensor probe was fabricated and installed on a F117 turbofan engine via a borescope access port to monitor the temperature experienced in the bleed air passage of the compressor area during an engine checkout test run. To withstand the harsh conditions experienced in this environment, the sensor probe was built from high temperature materials. The thin-film thermocouple sensing elements were deposited by physical vapor deposition using pure metal elements, thus avoiding the inconsistencies of sputter-depositing particular percentages of materials to form standardized alloys commonly found in thermocouples. The sensor probe and assembly were subjected to a strict protocol of multi-axis vibrational testing as well as elevated temperature pressure testing to be qualified for this application. The thin-film thermocouple probe demonstrated a faster response than a traditional embedded thermocouple during the engine checkout run. |
| File Size | 535871 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140017053 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2r54n21n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-07-28 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Thermocouples High Temperature Engine Tests Gas Temperature Thin Films Engine Design Data Acquisition Data Processing Heat Flux Temperature Sensors Temperature Measurement Fabrication Numerical Analysis Checkout Turbofan Engines Time Constant Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |