Acoustic Pyrometry Robustness to Time-of-Flight Estimation Errors
- 8 November 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
- Vol. 144 (2)
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052425
Abstract
Acoustic pyrometry is a widely used technique for contactless temperature measurement. It may be used in several applications, especially when high temperatures and harsh environments are involved. For instance, it has been applied to measure the temperature distribution at gas turbine outlet. This technique is based on the measurement of the time of flight of an acoustic wave through a medium. If multiple emitter-receiver couples are used, using a computational procedure a reconstruction of a temperature map is possible. On the other hand, a full assessment of the robustness of this technique to potential errors in TOF estimation is still missing. In this study, the impact of an inaccuracy in TOF estimation on the reconstruction of a correct temperature map is investigated by means of a statistical approach. As a general result, it was found that when the TOF was measured without inaccuracies, temperature estimation errors may be lowered by simply increasing the number of cells in which the estimation is performed. However, when the estimation of the TOF is affected by errors, an optimal configuration exists that minimize the temperature estimation errors.Keywords
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