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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2010.38.12.1240

Experimental analysis on the characteristics of enthalpy probe immersed in arc plasma flow  

Seo, Jun-Ho (전북대학교 고온플라즈마 응용연구센터)
Nam, Jun-Seok (서울대학교 원자핵공학과)
Choi, Seong-Man (전북대학교 항공우주공학과)
Hong, Bong-Gun (전북대학교 고온플라즈마 응용연구센터)
Hong, Sang-Hee (서울대학교 원자핵공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.38, no.12, 2010 , pp. 1240-1246 More about this Journal
Abstract
Enthalpy probe with the inner and outer diameters of 1.5 mm and 4.8 mm, respectively, is designed and used to measure the temperatures and velocities along the centerline of Ar arc plasma flow until the probe was destroyed. For this purpose, Ar arc plasma flow is generated by non-transferred type DC arc heater with the power level of 17 kW. From this experiment, it is shown that the designed enthalpy probe can measure the temperature and velocity of arc plasma flow up to 12,000 K and 600 m/s, respectively, without destroy of probe tip. In this extreme case, the arc plasma flow is calculated to transfer the heat flux of ${\sim}5{\times}10^7\;W/m^2$ to the probe based on the heat and thermal boundary equations near the forward stagnation point of a body immersed in arc plasma flow. Consequently, the designed enthalpy probe can measure the wide ranges of plasma temperatures, velocities and concentrations simultaneously, which are generated by various types of arc heaters within the heat flux ranges of $0{\sim}5{\times}10^7\;W/m^2$ on the probe tip.
Keywords
Arc Plasma Jet; Enthalpy Probe; Heat Flux; Arc Heater;
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