SYNOPSIS The paper describes experiments which demonstrate the feasibility of using a fluidic cone-jet sensor supplied with air and producing a pressure output to measure mean clearance, eccentricity and rotor speed inside a steam turbine. Mean clearance can be indicated on a bourdon tube pressure gauge whilst eccentricity can be measured using a piezo-electric pressure transducer and phase sensitive detection. Variation in mean clearance from 2mm to 4mm and eccentricity up to 0.37 mm have been shown to provide linear outputs within ± 5% of full scale. There is no significant fall-off in eccentricity signal up to a turbine rotor speed of 6000 rev/min.
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