Heat Flux Sensor vs Thermocouple
Heat Flux Sensor vs Thermocouple: With thermocouples, only an indirect calculation of heat flux is possible, often leading to delayed and less accurate readings during rapid thermal transitions. In contrast, our sensors convert heat flux directly into precise electrical signals. This innovative approach minimizes measurement errors and ensures that even the briefest thermal events are captured with exceptional clarity.
By bypassing the limitations inherent in traditional thermocouple technology, our sensor delivers ultra-fast response times and outstanding accuracy, making it the ideal choice for high-demand applications across industries such as aerospace, electronics, automotive testing, and beyond. Whether you’re optimizing thermal management in cutting-edge electronics or pushing the limits of performance in dynamic testing environments, our heat flux sensors stand out.
But don’t just take our word for it—experience the precision firsthand. Visit our interactive example data plots. Explore detailed performance data and see for yourself how our sensor outperforms conventional thermocouple technology.
Heat Flux Sensor vs Thermocouple – Second-Domain
Subsonic hot flows
- Low noise signal in the “no-flow”-time of the test bench
- Fast response when flow starts
- High frequent flow fluctuation data enable the determination of fluctuations, flow vorties and turbulence effects
- Fast settling time (constrained by the flow inertia)
Heat Flux Sensor vs Thermocouple - Millisecond-Domain
Combustion engines
- Large transient signals during the combustion are finely resolved
- Large signal range from several W/cm2 up to 1000 W/cm2
- Engine wall losses and local hot spots can be accuartly determined
- Evaluation of charge movements, valve timings and engine missfire is possible
- No susceptibilities to structure-borne-noise
Heat Flux Sensor - Microsecond-Domain
Detonation process
- Highly transient signal when the detonation front is present - resolving single fronts is possible
- Large signal range from several 10 kW/cm2 up to 50 kW/cm2
- Engine wall losses and local hot spots can be accuartly determined
- Evaluation of cycle frequency, combustion effectiveness and engine missfire is possible
- No susceptibilities to structure-borne-noise
