Performance analysis of a prototype wireless monitoring system for a gas turbine

The report describes the design, development and evaluation of an end-to-end wireless monitoring system “table-top” demonstrator. The system is dedicated to gas flow temperature monitoring for gas turbine engines used in aerospace applications. The demonstrator was built with off-the-shelf hardware components, in-house produced interface boards, and software developed by the authors here. The demonstrator was evaluated in terms of: its added informational value compared with existing wired thermocouple harnesses, the performance of the wireless network, and the power consumption of the wireless nodes.