FLOW VECTOR ANALYZER FOR FLOW BENCH

摘要

Apparatus and methods for airflow testing, especially for air testing of gas turbine components on an airflow test bench (30). Various embodiments of the present invention include the use of a measurement section downstream of the component (60) being tested. The measurement section, in one embodiment, includes apparatus for measurement of gas properties at a plurality of spaced-apart radial locations and/or a plurality of spaced-apart circumferential locations. In another embodiment, the invention includes a method for testing a component including a comparison of gas properties measured in both forward and reverse flow directions.