scholarly journals Smart Monitoring of Flat Wheel in Railway Using Optical Sensors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeta Sharan ◽  
Manpreet Singh Manna ◽  
Inderpreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Optical Sensor ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Temperature Sensor ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors ◽  
Railway Industry ◽  
Condition Monitoring System

The need for improved safety, reliability and efficiency is one of the most important aspects of the railway industry worldwide. Optical sensors can be used in smart condition monitoring system that can allow real time and continuous monitoring of the structural and operational conditions of trains. Railway monitoring is carried by the use of Fiber Bragg Grating sensors which measures strain, vibration, temperature, acceleration in continuous manner. This chapter covers introduction and working of optical sensors, Finite Element Analysis of rail-wheel geometry and health monitoring of rail wheel. FBG as optical sensor is well known for its advantages such as easy multiplexing, wavelength encoding and multiparameter sensing, immune to electromagnetic interference, reliability, flexibility. Sensitivity of optical sensor in compare to traditional sensors goes as 1.2 pm/μɛ and 10 pm/μɛ for strain and temperature sensor at 1550 nm of wavelength.

scholarly journals Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Integrated in Polymeric Foils

2010 ◽  
Vol 636-637 ◽  
pp. 1548-1554 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.F. Silva ◽  
F. Gonçalves ◽  
L.A.A. Ferreira ◽  
F.M. Araújo ◽  
P.M. Mendes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Bragg Grating ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Optical Sensor ◽  
Industrial Process ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Bragg Grating ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
Sensor Performance ◽  
Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors

Optical sensors have hit their maturity and a new kind of systems is being developed. This paper deals with the development of a new sensing structure based on polymeric foils and optic fiber sensors, namely the Fiber Bragg Grating sensors. Sensor integration in polymeric foils, using industrial process is the proposed goal. To achieve this goal, Finite Element Analysis was used for prototype modeling and simulation. The model was subjected to loads and restraints in order to retrieve information about stress distribution and displacement of specific points. From the simulation was possible to predict the sections where the sensor should be positioned. A prototype was then fabricated using industrial processes. Tests indicate that the polymeric foil influence on the sensor performance may exist. However, the prototype was able of transferring the full deformation to the optical sensor. Moreover, the optical sensor, which is incorporated in the polymeric foil, is fully functional with high sensitivity, 0.6 picometer by microstrain, allowing deformation measurements, up to 1.2 millimeter.

An Innovative Way to Measure Temperature by Using the Faraday Effect

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranav Limaye ◽  
Anisur Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Temperature Sensor ◽  
Faraday Effect ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Magnetic Field Intensity ◽  
Sensing Element ◽  
Fiber Optic Cable ◽  
Optical Phenomenon

An innovative temperature sensor has been presented based on “Faraday Effect”. The Faraday Effect or the Faraday rotation is a magneto-optical phenomenon; that is, an interaction between electromagnetic wave and a magnetic field in a medium. Optical sensors based on the Faraday Effect have the advantages of simplicity, high electrical insulation and immunity to electromagnetic interference. We will be making use of an optical fiber and a permanent magnet as our sensing elements. The magnet will be the sensing element for change in temperature and the fiber optic cable will sense the change in magnetic field intensity corresponding to the change in temperature.

scholarly journals Structural Health Monitoring of a Tall Building during Construction with Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 272190 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Li ◽  
L. Ren ◽  
H. N. Li ◽  
G. B. Song
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Fiber Bragg Grating ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Tall Building ◽  
Bragg Grating ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors

Fiber Bragg grating sensors demonstrate a great potential as a structural health monitoring tool for civil structures to ensure structural integrity, durability, and reliability. The advantages of applying fiber optic sensors to a tall building include their immunity to electromagnetic interference and their multiplexing ability to transfer optical signals over a long distance. In the work, fiber Bragg grating sensors, consisting of strain and temperature sensors, are applied to structural monitoring of an 18-floor tall building since the date of its construction. The strain transferring rate from host material to the fiber core is discussed and the calibration of packaged fiber Bragg grating sensor is presented. The main purposes of the investigation are monitoring temperature evolution history within concrete during the pouring and curing process, measuring variation of the main column strains on the underground floor while upper 18 floors were subsequently added on, and monitoring relative displacement between two foundation blocks. Fiber Bragg grating sensors have been installed and integrated continuously for more than five months. Monitoring results of temperature and strain are presented in the paper. Furthermore, temperature lag behavior between concrete and its surrounding air is investigated.

High-voltage monitoring by the fiber-optic recirculating measuring system

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
A. V. Polyakov ◽  
M. A. Ksenofontov
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Voltage Range ◽  
External Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Optic Communication

Optical technologies for measuring electrical quantities attract great attention due to their unique properties and significant advantages over other technologies used in high-voltage electric power industry: the use of optical fibers ensures high stability of measuring equipment to electromagnetic interference and galvanic isolation of high-voltage sensors; external electromagnetic fields do not influence the data transmitted from optical sensors via fiber-optic communication lines; problems associated with ground loops are eliminated, there are no side electromagnetic radiation and crosstalk between the channels. The structure and operation principle of a quasi-distributed fiber-optic high-voltage monitoring system is presented. The sensitive element is a combination of a piezo-ceramic tube with an optical fiber wound around it. The device uses reverse transverse piezoelectric effect. The measurement principle is based on recording the change in the recirculation frequency under the applied voltage influence. When the measuring sections are arranged in ascending order of the measured effective voltages relative to the receiving-transmitting unit, a relative resolution of 0,3–0,45 % is achieved for the PZT-5H and 0,8–1,2 % for the PZT-4 in the voltage range 20–150 kV.

An optical ratiometric temperature sensor based on dopant-dependent thermal equilibrium in dual-emitting Ag&Mn:ZnInS quantum dots

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (63) ◽  
pp. 58113-58117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangguang Huang ◽  
Chunlei Wang ◽  
Xiaojing Xu ◽  
Yiping Cui
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Optical Sensor ◽  
Temperature Sensor ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Temperature Detection ◽  
Pl Intensity

A novel optical sensor for ratiometric temperature detection is devised via Ag&Mn:ZnInS quantum dots (QDs). The temperature can be read via the PL ratios of Ag-related and Mn-related PL intensity.

scholarly journals Effect of combination of dye carotene and phycocyanin using daucus carota and spirulina sp. on optical sensor performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 907
Author(s):  
Rahmadwati Rahmadwati ◽  
Luthfiyah Rachmawati ◽  
Panca Mudjirahardjo ◽  
Eka Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Optical Sensor ◽  
Daucus Carota ◽  
Spin Coating ◽  
Deposition Method ◽  
Mercury Lamp ◽  
Current Output ◽  
Sensor Performance ◽  
Absorption Of Light ◽  
Light Absorbance

<span>This research designed optical sensors using mercury lamp of 160W. These sensors provided voltage and current output. The design of optical sensors used the organic based material,i.e. dye  carotene and phycocyanin. Fabrication of optical sensor in this research used spin coating deposition method. Based on the results of absorbance test, dye carotene had the largest absorption of light of 2.882 (a.u).  Dye phycocyanin at length had the largest absorption of light of 2.787 (a.u). Combination between dye carotene and phycocyanin, for a 3: 1 (Carotene: Phycocyanin) ratio had a waveform like a dye carotene with a peak of 2.587 (au), whereas for 1: 3 had a waveform like phycocyanin with a peak of 2,279 (au). But, sample 1: 1 ratio had decrement the light absorbance rate with peaks of 1.183 (au). At the voltage testing result, combination of phycocyanin: carotene (1:3) had the best linearity. The response time of dye 3:1 (phycocyanin: carotene), 1:1, 1:3, phycocyanin, and carotene were 6.72 s, 2.469s, 1.171s, 2.66s and 7.01s respectively. </span>

scholarly journals Reduction in the Electromagnetic Interference Generated by AC Overhead Power Lines on Buried Metallic Pipelines with Screening Conductors

Electricity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-329
Author(s):  
Arturo Popoli ◽  
Leonardo Sandrolini ◽  
Andrea Cristofolini
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Induced Voltage ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Cylindrical Steel ◽  
Overhead Power Lines ◽  
Overhead Power Line

This paper presents a numerical study on the reduction in the voltage and current induced on a 13.5 km buried metallic pipeline by an overhead power line. The mitigation effectiveness of different configurations and cross-section shapes of screening conductors is computed by means of a methodology that combines a 2D Finite Element Analysis with circuital analysis. A 35.72% reduction of the maximum induced voltage is obtained when 4 cylindrical steel screening conductors with 8 mm radius are buried 0.25m below the soil surface, along the pipeline path. The maximum induced pipeline current is reduced by 26.98%. A parametric study is also performed, to assess the influence of the per-unit-length admittance to earth of the screening conductors on the mitigation efficacy. The results show that screening conductors may help in reducing the inductive coupling between overhead power lines and buried metallic pipelines, and that the assumption of perfectly insulated screening conductors leads to an underestimation of the produced mitigation effect.

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