Oxford Thermofluids Institute | Research - Research Groups: High Speed Turbomachinery Group

The High Speed Turbomachinery Group, led by Prof. Tom Povey, conducts combined theoretical, computational and experimental work in the following areas:

• Turbine performance
• Turbine capacity measurement
• Nozzle guide vane rotor cooling optimisation
• Combustor turbine interaction effects
• Measurement techniques in turbines
• High speed facility design
• Aerodynamic probe design and calibration

We are also interested in advanced instrumentation for flow measurement. The following areas are of particular interest:

• Measurements of angle in highly swirling flows (such as in modern combustors)
• Measurement of flow (Mach, Temperature, Angle) in aggressive environments
• High frequency temperature measurements in highly unsteady (turbine) environments
• Miniature probes for measurements in moderately (M < 2) supersonic flow
• Advanced IR camera techniques for metal effectiveness measurements.

Experimental Facilities:

• ECAT/NGV Capacity Facility
• Annular Sector Heat Transfer Facility
• Transonic Calibration Tunnel
• Transonic Rotor Cooling Facility
• Supersonic Cascade Facility
• Large Scale Platform Cooling Facility