Dual-luminophore pressure-sensitive paint measurement using three-gate lifetime method with photodegradation correction

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a photodegradation correction method for the dual-luminophore pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) measurement using lifetime-based imaging, which was proposed for correction of the temperature-induced error but has suffered from photodegradation in the previous studies. We introduced a parameter that characterizes the photodegradation of a dual-luminophore PSP as the intensity ratio between the two luminophores. The changes in the calibration coefficients for the pressure and the temperature due to photodegradation were corrected based on this parameter. In this study, a coupon-based calibration test was performed, and the luminescence characteristics of the dual-luminophore PSP including photodegradation were investigated. Then, the proposed method was applied to a coupon-based validation test and a jet impingement test, and the effectiveness of the method was evaluated by comparing results with and without correction. The pressure measurement accuracy was significantly improved by photodegradation correction.