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Experimental verification of a method of non-isothermal gas flow measurements Author: P. Ligęza
On account of specific metrological conditions and a wide range of potential applications and goals, several methods of gas flow velocity measurements were developed to be employed in mining industry. This paper focuses on possible applications of method using two hot-wire anemometers to the measurements of velocity and temperature fields in fast-changing gas flows. This measurement method can potentially be applied in laboratory tests and in measurements for the purpose of mine ventilation. The paper summarises the results of experimental verification of a measurement method employing two anemometers, which is one of the possible options of temperature correction of a signal from a hotwire anemometer. The double-anemometer configuration allows velocity and temperature measurements in non-isothermal gas flows. The system utilises output signals from two hotwire anemometers operating at different overheat. Parameters of measuring sensors in these two anemometers ought to be similar. Besides, an assumption is made that velocity and temperature of the medium on the two wires should be identical. The distance between the two wires ought to be small, though precisely controlled, such that their interactions be minimal. As both sensors operate in a CTA circuit, we get a wide frequency bandwidth for velocity and temperature measurements. The measurement method was verified in an experimental program where measurements were taken with the measuring circuit realising the double-anemometer method in model conditions, i.e. in a flow of known velocity and temperature. Such flow was induced in a closed wind tunnel with temperature adjustment. During the first stage the sensors were calibrated at the reference temperature, followed by adjustment of sensor model parameters on the basis of obtained experimental data and in accordance with the adopted fit criterion. In the second stage thus obtained model parameters were introduced to the algorithms realised by the measuring circuit, which allowed the full verification of the method. The relevant characteristics of the measuring circuit were graphed for the predetermined variability range of velocity and temperature and measurement errors were computed accordingly. Thus obtained results, together with the present status of knowledge and expertise, become an excellent starting point for the implementation of measuring systems operating utilising this method. These systems appear to be most effective research tool, useful in may areas of engineering where time-variant velocity and temperature fields are to be measured.
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2011