Six to seven runs per 8-hour shift can be made in this facility. Although presently operated only in the blowdown mode, the five multi-stage, centrifugal compressors in series with a 24,500 hp drive system remain on site. This facility has been calibrated for the nominal conditions shown below. The flow provided by the water cooled 3-D nozzle is quite uniform at all values of reservoir pressure, with the variation in pitot pressure across the center 7 in. Test section core flow has extremely good spatial uniformity and is constant with run time.
Flow is filtered and particle free.
Ideally suited for both parametric and benchmark aerodynamic, aerothermodynamic and fluid dynamic studies.