The development and evaluation of a novel hybrid method for obtaining heat flux measurements is presented. By combining the spatial and temporal temperature measurements of a heat flux sensor, the time response, accuracy, and versatility of the sensor is improved. Sensors utilizing the hybrid method are able to make heat flux measurements on both high and low conductivity materials. It is shown that changing the thermal conductivity of the backing material four orders of magnitude causes only an 11% change in sensor response. The hybrid method also increases the time response of heat flux sensors. The temporal response is shown to increase by up to a factor of 28 compared with a standard spatial sensor. The hybrid method is tested both numerically and experimentally on both high and low conductivity materials and demonstrates significant improvement compared with operating the sensor as a spatial or temporal sensor alone.
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A Hybrid Method for Measuring Heat Flux
David O. Hubble,
David O. Hubble
Department of Mechanical Engineering, AEThER Laboratory,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
, 114R Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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Tom E. Diller
Tom E. Diller
Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
, 114R Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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David O. Hubble
Department of Mechanical Engineering, AEThER Laboratory,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
, 114R Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tom E. Diller
Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
, 114R Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061J. Heat Transfer. Mar 2010, 132(3): 031602 (8 pages)
Published Online: December 28, 2009
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Received:
February 15, 2009
Revised:
July 20, 2009
Online:
December 28, 2009
Published:
December 28, 2009
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Hubble, D. O., and Diller, T. E. (December 28, 2009). "A Hybrid Method for Measuring Heat Flux." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. March 2010; 132(3): 031602. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4000051
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