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High-temperature Calibration Facility for Calibrating Multihole Pressure Probes

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Design, fabrication, commissioning and validation details of an unique high-temperature calibration facility for calibrating multihole pressure probes such as five-hole probes at high temperatures are described in this paper. The facility has a capability to calibrate different pressure probes up to a maximum velocity of 6 m/s and up to a maximum temperature of 300 °C. The flow at the exit of the calibration facility is surveyed at different velocities and temperatures using a cooled combination probe with a Pitot tube and a thermocouple. The pressure and temperature are found to be uniform over a limited region but still useful for calibration of pressure probes. A large size five-hole probe with thermocouples is calibrated in the yaw and pitch angle range of ± 30° using a computer-controlled calibration device at different velocities and temperatures. Representative calibration results are presented.

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Abbreviations

C PPITCH :

Pitch angle coefficient of the probe = (PT − PB)/D

C PSTATIC :

Static pressure coefficient of the probe = (P − PS)/D

C PTOTAL :

Total pressure coefficient of the probe = (PO − PC)/D

C PYAW :

Yaw angle coefficient of the probe = (PL − PR)/D

D :

Probe dynamic pressure (Pa) = PC − P

P :

Average pressure (Pa) = (PB + PL + PR + PT)/4

P O :

Total pressure (Pa)

P B, P C, P L, P R, P T :

Probe bottom, center, left, right and top hole pressures (Pa)

P S :

Static pressure (Pa)

Q :

Probe dynamic pressure (Pa) = PO − PS = PO as PS = 0

α :

Yaw angle (Deg.)

β :

Pitch angle (Deg.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Bureau of Nuclear Research Studies, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India for financial support under the project 'Hot Air Calibration of Five-Hole Probes', No. 2008/36/106-BRNS/4037. The authors are also thankful to M/s Motive Powers Inc., Mumbai, India and M/s Power Techniques, Chennai, India for supplying the heater, installation of VSD and other components. The authors would like to acknowledge M/s Jehova Jireh Fab of Chennai, India for assembling the facility and fabricated some components and M/s Electrono Solutions, Bangalore, India for developing the data acquisition system.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600 036, India

    N. Sitaram, R. Sreekanth, Manoj K. Kalwan & C. Gajanan Tatpatti

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vignan Institute of Technology and Science, Bhuvanagiri, 508284, Telangana, India

    R. Sreekanth

  3. Chiripal Industries Ltd., Ahmedabad, 382405, India

    Manoj K. Kalwan

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, 560059, India

    C. Gajanan Tatpatti

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Sitaram, N., Sreekanth, R., Kalwan, M.K. et al. High-temperature Calibration Facility for Calibrating Multihole Pressure Probes. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-021-00699-3

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