複合プローブによる水/溶融金属混相流場の温度・相判別同時計測; 信号処理回路の開発

Local temperature and phase measurement in water-melt multiphase flow with bifunctional probe and electrical signal processing

柴本 泰照 ; 佐川 淳*; 久木田 豊*; 中村 秀夫  

Shibamoto, Yasuteru; Sagawa, Jun*; Kukita, Yutaka*; Nakamura, Hideo

水/溶融物混相流実験への適用を目的として、局所における流体相判別と温度計測を同時かつ高速で行う複合プローブを開発した。細径の露出型熱電対を用いて、温度測定と同時に、溶融金属・水・蒸気のいずれの相の温度を測定しているかを検出する。100kHzの交流信号を熱電対に印加し、熱電対と接地間の電気イピーダンスを計測することで相判別を行う。交流信号は、アンプで増幅される前にローパスフィルター(LPF)によって温度信号から分離される。初期設計段階では、熱電対が金属相に接触し、電気的に接地されるたびに温度信号に大きなノイズがでる問題が生じたが、LPFを再設計することでこれを改善した。最終設計では、水-溶融物-蒸気各々の相に対して、相表面の高速移動と温度変化の計測に成功した。

A bifunctional probe was developed for simultaneous, high-speed measurement of local temperature and phase of fluid at the same place. It was designed for application to water/melt multi-phase experiments involving transient boiling of water on the surface of molten metal. An unsheathed thermocouple (TC) of a small wire diameter was used for phase detection, that is distinction of melt/water/vapor phase, as well as for temperature measurement of each phase. The phase was detected by measuring the electric impedance between the TC and the ground. A 100-kHz AC signal was imposed on the TC wire for this purpose. The AC signal was filtered out from the temperature signal before it was amplified. With the first design of low-pass filter (LPF), however, a large noise was induced in the temperature signal every time the TC was grounded electrically by contact with molten metal. This problem was overcome by redesigning the LPF. The final design succeeded in measuring the quick movements of interface and the temperature changes in the individual phases in a water-melt-vapor multiphase flow.