High-heat-flux sensor calibration using black-body radiation

Abstract

This paper deals with the radiative calibration aspects of high-heat-flux sensors using black-body radiation. In the last two years, several heat-flux sensors were calibrated up to 50 kW/m2 using a 25 mm diameter aperture variable-temperature black body and a reference room-temperature electrical-substitution radiometer. Tests on a typical Schmidt-Boelter heat-flux sensor showed long-term repeatability of calibration is within 0.6%. Plans for extending the present calibration capability to 100 kW/m2 are discussed.