Hybrid wireless-wired optical sensor for extreme temperature measurement in next generation energy efficient gas turbines

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a   Sheikh, Mumtaz ^a   Perez, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Nuonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme environments; Gas turbines; Optical sensor; Temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; CLEAN COAL; CRITICAL PARAMETER; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST MATERIALS; LONG LIFETIME; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL CHIPS; RIG TESTS; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SINTERED SIC; STRUCTURAL ROBUSTNESS; TEMPERATURE PROBES;

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTICAL SENSORS; PRESSING (FORMING); PROBES; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINTERED CARBIDES; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMOCOUPLES; TURBOMACHINERY;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 78149280171     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3204509     Document Type: Article

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