Heat Flux Sensor – gSKIN®-XP

• Product: gSKIN® XP
• Sensing Dimensions (mm): 10.0 x 10.0 x 0.5
• Heat Flux Range Min / Max [kW/m²]: -150 / 150
• Noise Equivalent Heat Flux per area [W/m²] / absolute [μW]: 0.073 / 7.3 (experimentally evaluated values under optimal steady state conditions).
• Detector Type: Thermoelectric
• Temperature Difference Resolution [μK]: ~30
• Surface Material (Sensing Area): Aluminum
• Max. Compressive Force when clamped [kgf]: < 10
• Response Time (0-95%) [s]: 0.7 (Refers to the heat flux measurement).
• Operating Temperature Range Min/Max [°C]: -50 / 150
• Min /Avg. Sensitivity (S) [μV/(W/m²)]: 10.0/20.0 (only a reference point)
• Calibration Accuracy [±%]: 3
• Homogeneity [±%]: 1 (Position dependent signal change across sensing area).
• Thermal Conductivity [W/(m*K)]: ∼1.2
• Linearity with Power [±%]: 1
• Temperature Dependence of S [%/°C]: 0.25 (The sensitivity increases (decreases) as the temperature goes above (below) 22.5°C).
• Electrical Resistance [Ohm]: < 150
• Heat Flux Resolution per area [W/m2] with gSKIN® DLOG / absolute [μW]: 0.09 / 9.0 (Guaranteed minimum heat flux resolution using the gSKIN® DLOG-4219).
• Calibration Temperature Range Min/Max [°C]: -30 / 70 (Conductive heat flux calibration cohering to the ISO8301 standard with mean temperature of 22.5°C).
• Flexprint Length (f) [cm]: 5

Various R&D applications:

• Battery Calorimetry: more documentation available here.
• Thermal optimization
• Energy efficiency
• Industrial monitoring of thermal properties.

All the use cases are available here!

To discover more application, check our peer-reviewed publication section!

Korobeinichev, O. P., Kumaran, S. M., Raghavan, V., Trubachev, S. A., Paletsky, A. A., Shmakov, A. G., … & Kasymov, D. P. (2022). Investigation of the impact of pinus silvestris pine needles bed parameters on the spread of ground fire in still air. Combustion Science and Technology, 1-23.

To discover more application, check our peer-reviewed publication section!

The R&D sensor product datasheet is available here.