Analysis of the Effect of Sampling Probe Geometry on Measurement Accuracy in Supersonic Gas Flow

Abstract

The accuracy of sampling of gas components has a significant impact on the measurement of various performance parameters in the combustion chamber of an aero-engine. In order to investigate the effect of the probe geometry of a six-point gas sampling probe on sampling accuracy in supersonic gas flow, a three-dimensional probe gas flow characteristic solution model is established through numerical simulation methods of components of transport and fluid–solid coupling. Probes with three angles of 28°, 30°, and 32° and an optimized conical probe are constructed. The sampling accuracy of the probes with different geometries is compared and evaluated by the deviation of the component volume fraction before and after sampling and the resulting combustion efficiency error. This paper presents a set of calculation methods for solving the relative deviation of volume fraction by an iterative method based on the ideal gas law and the Redlich–Kwong equation (R-K equation). The method is designed to solve the exact component volume fraction problem in the simulation calculation. The study results demonstrate that the 28° and optimized conical probes improve sampling accuracy more effectively than the original 30° structure. The deviation of the volume fractions of the two structures is less than 1.7%, and the combustion efficiency error is less than 0.09%. The developed iterative calculation method can significantly reduce the theoretical calculation error to less than 0.06%. The experimental data of the test bench are in good agreement with the simulation results, thereby demonstrating the reliability and accuracy of the sampling probe following structural optimization.

Keywords

• sampling probe
• supersonic gas flow
• numerical simulation
• sampling accuracy
• structural optimization