A Conceptual Design Study for a New High Temperature Fast Response Cooled Total Pressure Probe

The present paper proposes a concept for a water-cooled high temperature unsteady total pressure probe intended for measurements in the hot sections of industrial gas turbines or aero-engines. This concept is based on the use of a conventional miniature piezoresistive pressure sensor, which is located at the probe tip to achieve a bandwidth of at least 40 kHz. Due to extremely harsh conditions and the intention to immerse the probe continuously into the hot gas stream, the probe and sensor must be heavily cooled. The short term objective of this design is to gain the capability of performing measurements at the temperature conditions typically found at high pressure turbine exit (1100–1400 K) and in the long term at combustor exit (2000 K or higher).