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Wireless Monitoring of the Height of Condensed Water in Steam PipesA wireless health monitoring system has been developed for determining the height of water condensation in the steam pipes and the data acquisition is done remotely using a wireless network system. The developed system is designed to operate in the harsh environment encountered at manholes and the pipe high temperature of over 200 °C. The test method is an ultrasonic pulse-echo and the hardware includes a pulser, receiver and wireless modem for communication. Data acquisition and signal processing software were developed to determine the water height using adaptive signal processing and data communication that can be controlled while the hardware is installed in a manhole. A statistical decision-making tool is being developed based on the field test data to determine the height of in the condensed water under high noise conditions and other environmental factors.
Document ID
20160006736
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Lee, Hyeong Jae
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lih, Shyh-Shiuh
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Badescu, Mircea
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Dingizian, Arsham
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Takano, Nobuyuki
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Blosiu, Julian O.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
June 1, 2016
Publication Date
March 9, 2014
Publication Information
Publication: SPIE
Volume: 9063
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
High Temperatures
Fluid height monitoring
Sensors
piezoelectric transducers
health monitoring
steam condensation

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