Hot-wire anemometry for superfluid turbulent coflows.
We report the first evidence of an enhancement of the heat transfer from a heated wire to an external turbulent coflow of superfluid helium. We used a standard Pt-Rh hot-wire anemometer and overheat it up to 21 K in a pressurized liquid helium turbulent round jet at temperatures between 1.9 K and 2.12 K. The null-velocity response of the sensor can be satisfactorily modeled by the counterflow mechanism, while the extra cooling produced by the forced convection is found to scale similarly as the corresponding extra cooling in classical fluids. We propose a preliminary analysis of the response of the sensor and show that-contrary to a common assumption-such sensor can be used to probe local velocity in turbulent superfluid helium.
University of Grenoble Alpes, LEGI, F-38041 Grenoble, France.
Davide
D
Durì
University of Grenoble Alpes, LEGI, F-38041 Grenoble, France.
Christophe
C
Baudet
CEA, DEN-DANS-DM2S-STMF-LIEFT, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
Jean-Paul
JP
Moro
University of Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France.
Philippe-Emmanuel
PE
Roche
University of Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SBT, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
Pantxo
P
Diribarne