The maximum temperature at which the blades of a gas turbine may safely be operated plays an important part in the development and design of new more efficient turbines.
For a number of years a project has been in progress at the University of Wisconsin to develop a method of instantaneously and accurately measuring these blade temperature.
Extensive problems of this nature require more time for their solution, particularly when the operating personnel changes yearly. Therefore, rather than being a discussion on a completed project, this thesis will represent another in a series of annual progress reports on this problem.
A description of the turbine installation and of the electronic temperature measuring device is included. Also given is a report of blade temperature at various turbine loadings. The discussion is supplmented throughout with illustrations and curves.
Copyright 1949
Engine Research Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison