Accession Number:
AD0745540
Title:
An Investigation of the Detection of Charged Metal Particles in a Jet Engine Exhaust by a Cylindrical Electrostatic Probe.
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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Report Date:
1972-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
88.0
Abstract:
Charged particle detection by an electrostatic probe in a jet engine is studied from both a theoretical and an experimental approach. The charging mechanisms for a metal particle in a jet engine exhaust are presented and discussed. A theory for the waveshape expected for a charged metal particle moving perpendicular to a cylindrical electrostatic probe is developed. The theory is developed using an electronic circuit equivalent to the physical mechanisms in the jet engine. A laboratory burner is described which simulates the exhaust ion number density and lower thrust values of a jet engine. Experimental data are presented for the burner and for a scaled up system which uses a 0.44 cm diameter particle, a 7.6 cm diameter probe, and a 30 cmsec velocity. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Combustion and Ignition
- Jet and Gas Turbine Engines