Temperature corrections for constant temperature and constant current hot-wire anemometers

Changes in the ambient fluid temperature change the calibration curve for velocity measurements taken using hot-wire anemometry. New correction methods are proposed to account for the effects of relatively large temperature changes in the heat-transfer process and on the fluid properties. The corrections do not assume any particular heat-transfer correlation, and they do not require multiple calibrations over a range of temperatures. The corrections are derived for the constant temperature and constant current modes of operation.