Invention Application
- Patent Title: FLOW MEASUREMENT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
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Application No.: US17017149Application Date: 2020-09-10
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Publication No.: US20220074772A1Publication Date: 2022-03-10
- Inventor: Vasileios KYRITSIS , Kevin Todd LOWE , Maurice BRISTOW , Peter LOFTUS
- Applicant: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US VA Blacksburg
- Assignee: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Blacksburg
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66 ; G01K11/24 ; G01M15/14

Abstract:
A method of thermodynamic assessment of flow through a turbomachine having a compressor, comprising: receiving sensor readings from a plurality of acoustic sensors located about an intake for the turbomachine upstream of the compressor; and receiving pressure and stagnation temperature readings for the flow into the intake. A static temperature is determined for the flow into the intake and an average velocity of the flow over a flow area of the intake upstream of the compressor using the acoustic sensor readings. A mass flow rate of the flow through the intake is determined using the average velocity of the flow and the stagnation pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US11821771B2 Flow measurement for a gas turbine engine Public/Granted day:2023-11-21
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