Using Microwave Radiometers To Prevent Unstarts

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-29510
Published August 01, 2001 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

Measurement and control systems based on microwave radiometers would be used to prevent unstarts in the next generation of high-speed (up to mach 2.4) civil-transport airplanes, according to a proposal. "Unstart" denotes a compressor stall in a supersonic aircraft engine, and is caused by a change in the temperature of the incoming air, as explained in more detail below.