Three-wire thermocouple: Frequency response in constant flow
Author(s) -
Larry J. Forney,
Gustave C. Fralick
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
review of scientific instruments
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1089-7623
pISSN - 0034-6748
DOI - 10.1063/1.1145503
Subject(s) - thermocouple , materials science , compensation (psychology) , constant (computer programming) , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , signal (programming language) , acoustics , work (physics) , time constant , optics , composite material , physics , electrical engineering , thermodynamics , computer science , engineering , psychology , psychoanalysis , programming language
Theory and experimental measurements are compared with a novel three-wire thermocouple. Signals from three wires of unequal diameters are recorded from the thermocouple suspended in constant flow with a periodic temperature fluctuation. It is demonstrated that the reconstructed signal from the three-wire thermocouple requires no compensation for to_<5to1, where ,oI is the natural frequency of the smaller wire. The latter result represents a significant improvement compared to previous work with two-wire thermocouples. A correction factor has also been derived to account for wires of arbitrary diameter. © 1995 American Institute o[Physics.
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