Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 12, 1206005(2020)

High-Speed Airflow Measurement System Based on Optical Fiber Fabry-Perot Sensing

Chao Wang1,2,3, Xuezhi Zhang1,2,3, Junfeng Jiang1,2,3, Kun Liu1,2,3, Shuang Wang1,2,3, and Tiegen Liu1,2,3、*
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  • 1School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 3Institute of Optical Fiber Sensing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    In this study, we propose a turbulent flow-velocity measurement system based on the optical fiber Fabry-Perot (F-P) sensing technology, which can be used to monitor the high-speed airflow velocity at hydrojunctions. The proposed system comprises an airflow sensor holder and a polarized low-coherence interferometry demodulation section. The flow-velocity is calculated using two F-P sensors, which can be used to measure the pressure and temperature variation of the airflow field. Further, the interference signal obtained using a low-cost linear CCD can be accurately demodulated by tracing the peak position of a single fringe pattern and using the seven-step phase shifting method. The two F-P sensors are calibrated in the temperature range of 20-40 ℃ and the pressure range of 98-110 kPa. The pressure absolute error of the sensor used to measure the stagnation pressure is less than 0.018 kPa, while that with respect to the temperature of the sensor used to measure the airflow field temperature is less than 0.08 ℃. The proposed system is used to measure the airflow velocities ranging from 9.3 to 93 m/s, and the absolute error of the flow-velocity is less than 0.49 m/s. The experimental results indicate that the proposed system can be employed to measure the flow-velocity of high-speed turbulence with a low cost and possesses a wide application prospect.

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    Chao Wang, Xuezhi Zhang, Junfeng Jiang, Kun Liu, Shuang Wang, Tiegen Liu. High-Speed Airflow Measurement System Based on Optical Fiber Fabry-Perot Sensing[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(12): 1206005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Dec. 30, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 23, 2020

    Published Online: Jun. 3, 2020

    The Author Email: Liu Tiegen (tgliu@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.1206005

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