Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications

ISBN-13: 9781138077645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 598 str.

Krzysztof Iniewski

Opis

The demand for portable and lightweight sensors is relentless in several industries, from consumer electronics to biomedical engineering to the military. This book brings together the latest research in smart sensors technology and exposes the reader to myriad applications that the technology has enabled. Contributors delve into advanced topics in photonics and optoelectronic, infrared and thermal, magnetic and inductive, sound and ultrasound, and piezoresistive, wireless, and electrical sensors. Applications include oxygen detection, sensing inside explosions, magnetic field measurements on airplanes, health monitoring, and more.

Recenzje

"This text brings together recent research in smart sensors technology and exposes the reader to myriad applications that this technology has enabled. Organized into five parts, the book explores photonics and optoelectronics sensors; infrared and thermal sensors; magnetic and inductive sensors; sound and ultrasound sensors; and piezoresistive, wireless, and electricalsensors. This book offers a comprehensive review of current technologies and the latest applications and trends in the field of smart sensors."
--IEEE Control Systems Magazine, June 2014

Spis treści

Part I Photonic and Optoelectronics Sensors: Optical Fiber Sensors: Devices and Techniques. Microstructured and Solid Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors. Optical Fiber Sensors and Interrogation Systems for Interaction Force Measurements in Minimally Invasive Surgical Devices. Recent Advances in Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors Based on the Brillouin Scattering Effect. Silicon Microring Sensors. Laser Doppler Velocimetry Technology for Integration and Directional Discrimination. Vision-Aided Automated Vibrometry for Remote Audio–Visual Range Sensing. Analytical Use of Easily Accessible Optoelectronic Devices: Colorimetric Approaches Focused on Oxygen Quantification. Optical Oxygen Sensors for Micro- and Nanofluidic Devices. Multidirectional Optical Sensing Using Differential Triangulation. Part II Infrared and Thermal Sensors: Measurement of Temperature Distribution in Multilayer Insulations between 77 and 300 K Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor. Thin Film Resistance Temperature Detectors. The Influence of Selected Parameters on Temperature Measurements Using a Thermovision Camera. Adaptive Sensors for Dynamic Temperature Measurements. Dual-Band Uncooled Infrared Microbolometer. Sensing Temperature inside Explosions. Part III Magnetic and Inductive Sensors: Accurate Scanning of Magnetic Fields. Low-Frequency Search Coil Magnetometers. Inductive Coupling–Based Wireless Sensors for High-Frequency Measurements. Inductive Sensor for Lightning Current Measurement Fitted in Aircraft Windows. Technologies for Electric Current Sensors. Ferrofluids and Their Use in Sensors. Part IV Sound and Ultrasound Sensors: Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem for Short-Range Sensor Networks. Integrating Ultrasonic Standing Wave Particle Manipulation into Vibrational Spectroscopy Sensing Applications. Wideband Ultrasonic Transmitter and Sensor Array for In-Air Applications. Sensing Applications Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. Part V Piezoresistive, Wireless, and Electrical Sensors: Piezoresistive Fibrous Sensor for On-Line Structural Health Monitoring of Composites. Structural Health Monitoring Based on Piezoelectric Transducers: Analysis and Design Based on the Electromechanical Impedance. Microwave Sensors for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Industrial Processes. Microwave Reflectometry for Sensing Applications in the Agrofood Industry. Wearable PTF Strain Sensors. Application of Inertial Sensors in Developing Smart Particles. Index.

O autorze

Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski manages R&D at Redlen Technologies, Inc., a startup company in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a president of CMOS Emerging Technologies, an organization of high-tech events covering communications, microsystems, optoelectronics, and sensors. Dr. Iniewski has held numerous faculty and management positions at the University of Toronto, University of Alberta, Simon Fraser University, and PMC-Sierra, Inc. He has published more than 100 research papers in international journals and conferences. He holds 18 international patents granted in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. He is a frequent invited speaker, has consulted for multiple organizations internationally, and has written and edited several books.