Engine testing of thermographic phosphors
- 1 May 1990
- report
- Published by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Abstract
A thermographic phosphor technique is being developed for nonintrusive high temperature analysis of the hostile environments associated with turbomachinery. This unique noncontact measurement system will eventually be applied to high-speed, rotating surfaces whose direct analysis has been unobtainable with current temperature-sensing devices and systems. Two experiments are reported which involve static surface temperature measurements in a Pratt Whitney PW2037 turbine engine, and dynamic surface temperature measurements in a Pratt Whitney JT15D turbofan jet engine. The thermographic phosphor materials applied to these engine environments were europium-doped yttrium oxide (T{sub 2}O{sub 3}:E{sub u}) and europium-doped yttrium vanadate (YVO{sub 4}:E{sub u}). The excitation energy was supplied by a tripled neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser at 355 nm. 11 refs., 14 figs.Keywords
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