A Liquid Metal Temperature Detection System Based on Multi-Node Sapphire Fiber Sensor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Design
3. Sensor Design and Preparation
3.1. Sensitive Area Parameters Design
3.2. Sapphire Fiber Preparation
4. Multi-Node Sensing Simulation Analysis
4.1. Model Construction and Meshing
4.2. Simulation and Analysis of Ultrasonic Transmission Characteristics
5. Experiments
5.1. Static Calibration Experiment
5.2. Temperature Measurement Experiment of Molten Aluminum
- Process 1: The sensor was inserted into liquid aluminum in the lowest molten state to achieve thermal balance, and the data were continuously collected to obtain the time response curve of the sensor.
- Process 2: The temperature value was set to the upper threshold through the control cabinet, and continuous data collection was conducted during the heating process of the molten aluminum liquid. Since this process was heated by means of a furnace wall-air-dry pot heat exchange, the heating process was relatively slow, and long-term continuous data acquisition was required to obtain the heating curve of the temperature over time.
5.3. Discussions
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, G.; Qian, C.; Sun, P.; Li, Z.; Chen, G.; Wang, B.; Zhou, H.; Yu, J. A Liquid Metal Temperature Detection System Based on Multi-Node Sapphire Fiber Sensor. Sensors 2023, 23, 4318. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094318
Wang G, Qian C, Sun P, Li Z, Chen G, Wang B, Zhou H, Yu J. A Liquid Metal Temperature Detection System Based on Multi-Node Sapphire Fiber Sensor. Sensors. 2023; 23(9):4318. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094318
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Gao, Chengyuan Qian, Peng Sun, Zhiling Li, Guofeng Chen, Bingyin Wang, Hanchang Zhou, and Junzhi Yu. 2023. "A Liquid Metal Temperature Detection System Based on Multi-Node Sapphire Fiber Sensor" Sensors 23, no. 9: 4318. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094318
APA StyleWang, G., Qian, C., Sun, P., Li, Z., Chen, G., Wang, B., Zhou, H., & Yu, J. (2023). A Liquid Metal Temperature Detection System Based on Multi-Node Sapphire Fiber Sensor. Sensors, 23(9), 4318. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094318