Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings

This paper presents a design concept and a prototype of a polyimide-coated Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) thermal sensor system based on a fast scan tunable laser source (up to 1 kHz sensing frequency). This system was deployed to perform a comprehensive 2-D real-time radial and axial thermal profiling o...

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Main Authors: Shang, Kun, Galea, Michael, Brusic, Vladimir, Korposh, Serhiy, Zhang, Yaping
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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author Shang, Kun
Galea, Michael
Brusic, Vladimir
Korposh, Serhiy
Zhang, Yaping
author_facet Shang, Kun
Galea, Michael
Brusic, Vladimir
Korposh, Serhiy
Zhang, Yaping
author_sort Shang, Kun
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description This paper presents a design concept and a prototype of a polyimide-coated Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) thermal sensor system based on a fast scan tunable laser source (up to 1 kHz sensing frequency). This system was deployed to perform a comprehensive 2-D real-time radial and axial thermal profiling of an electromagnetic coil - the short duty cycle electric machine (EM) windings. The thermal measurements were performed using an equivalent prototype consisting of an FBG interrogator, a multi-FBG string temperature sensor, power resistors (thermal objects), and conventional thermocouples used for measurement comparison. The FBG measurements of copper windings were subsequently carried out using a copper coil with FBG sensors system to map the radial and axial temperature distribution of the coil. The experimental results show that Polyimide-coated FBG sensor can be used for multi-point temperature monitoring of electromagnetic coils with a sensing temperature range of 20-200°C, a spatial resolution of 6cm, and a measurement error of ± 2%. The obtained thermal maps can be used for the identification of hot spot locations in electromagnetic coil systems.
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spelling nottingham-637072020-11-04T01:03:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63707/ Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings Shang, Kun Galea, Michael Brusic, Vladimir Korposh, Serhiy Zhang, Yaping This paper presents a design concept and a prototype of a polyimide-coated Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) thermal sensor system based on a fast scan tunable laser source (up to 1 kHz sensing frequency). This system was deployed to perform a comprehensive 2-D real-time radial and axial thermal profiling of an electromagnetic coil - the short duty cycle electric machine (EM) windings. The thermal measurements were performed using an equivalent prototype consisting of an FBG interrogator, a multi-FBG string temperature sensor, power resistors (thermal objects), and conventional thermocouples used for measurement comparison. The FBG measurements of copper windings were subsequently carried out using a copper coil with FBG sensors system to map the radial and axial temperature distribution of the coil. The experimental results show that Polyimide-coated FBG sensor can be used for multi-point temperature monitoring of electromagnetic coils with a sensing temperature range of 20-200°C, a spatial resolution of 6cm, and a measurement error of ± 2%. The obtained thermal maps can be used for the identification of hot spot locations in electromagnetic coil systems. 2020-09-22 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63707/1/Polyimide-coated%20fibre%20bragg%20grating%20%28FBG%29%20sensors%20for%20thermal%20mapping%20of%20electric%20machine%20windings.pdf Shang, Kun, Galea, Michael, Brusic, Vladimir, Korposh, Serhiy and Zhang, Yaping (2020) Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings. In: 2020 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 19-23 July, Bari, Italy. Temperature measurement ; Fiber gratings ; Temperature sensors ; Windings http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9203245 10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9203245 10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9203245 10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9203245
spellingShingle Temperature measurement ; Fiber gratings ; Temperature sensors ; Windings
Shang, Kun
Galea, Michael
Brusic, Vladimir
Korposh, Serhiy
Zhang, Yaping
Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
title Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
title_full Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
title_fullStr Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
title_full_unstemmed Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
title_short Polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
title_sort polyimide-coated fibre bragg grating (fbg) sensors for thermal mapping of electric machine windings
topic Temperature measurement ; Fiber gratings ; Temperature sensors ; Windings
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63707/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63707/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63707/