Apparatus and method for measuring ventilation flow exiting a spinning rotor
US5517862A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P5/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for measuring discrete velocities of exhaust flows coming out of individual circumferential rotor body vent holes while a rotor is running at operating speed. The apparatus and method employs a hot film anemometer to measure flow distributions around the rotor shaft, i.e., circumferential flow distributions.
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