Oxford Thermofluids Institute

Source: https://oti.eng.ox.ac.uk/research/research-groups/high-speed-turbomachinery-group Parent: https://oti.eng.ox.ac.uk/

The High Speed Turbomachinery Group, led by Prof. Tom Povey, conducts combined theoretical, computational and experimental work in the following areas:

• Turbine performance
• Turbine capacity measurement
• Nozzle guide vane rotor cooling optimisation
• Combustor turbine interaction effects
• Measurement techniques in turbines
• High speed facility design
• Aerodynamic probe design and calibration

We are also interested in advanced instrumentation for flow measurement. The following areas are of particular interest:

• Measurements of angle in highly swirling flows (such as in modern combustors)
• Measurement of flow (Mach, Temperature, Angle) in aggressive environments
• High frequency temperature measurements in highly unsteady (turbine) environments
• Miniature probes for measurements in moderately (M < 2) supersonic flow
• Advanced IR camera techniques for metal effectiveness measurements.

Experimental Facilities:

• ECAT/NGV Capacity Facility
• Annular Sector Heat Transfer Facility
• Transonic Calibration Tunnel
• Transonic Rotor Cooling Facility
• Supersonic Cascade Facility
• Large Scale Platform Cooling Facility

ECAT/NGV Capacity Facility

People

Academics

[#### Professor Thomas Povey

Professor of Engineering Science](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/thomas-povey)

Researchers

[#### Dr Md Nafiz Chowdhury

Senior Research Associate](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/md-nafiz-chowdhury)

DPhils

[#### Mathias Michaud

DPhil Candidate](#)

[#### Jonas Amend

DPhil Candidate](#)

[#### James Cartlidge

DPhil Candidate](#)

[#### Dan Burdett

DPhil Candidate](#)

[#### Matthew Stokes

DPhil Candidate](#)

[#### Aravin Naidu

DPhil Student](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/aravin-naidu)

[#### Zelimhan Raduev

DPhil Student](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/zelimhan-raduev)

[#### Lucas Rey

DPhil Student](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/lucas-rey)