Title :
Nuclear radiation based compound materials resin content measure and sensor temperature control
Author :
Shen, Yi ; Wang, Yan ; Liu, Zhiyan ; Zhang, Jian Qiu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Control Eng., Harbin Inst. of Technol., China
Abstract :
In this paper, a whole digital on-line nuclear radiation sensor, which can measure resin content of compound materials, is proposed. This sensor uses beta ray as radiation source, a scintillation counter as receiver, and a microcomputer as signal process unit. An example of measuring resin content of some compound materials is given. In addition, a new technique, used to enhance the on-line sensor´s reliability, is put forward, in which a semiconductor refrigerator is used as temperature control unit and a thermal tube as a high efficient heat transfer device. The effectiveness and advantage have been verified by practice
Keywords :
carbon fibre reinforced plastics; chemical sensors; glass fibre reinforced plastics; nuclear chemical analysis; physical instrumentation control; refrigeration; scintillation counters; temperature control; beta ray radiation source; composite materials resin content measurement; digital on-line nuclear radiation sensor; high efficient heat transfer device; microcomputer based signal process unit; on-line sensor; reliability enhancement; scintillation counter; semiconductor refrigerator; sensor temperature control; temperature control unit; thermal tube; Microcomputers; Nuclear measurements; Refrigeration; Resins; Scintillation counters; Semiconductor device reliability; Semiconductor materials; Signal processing; Temperature sensors; Thermal sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1998. IMTC/98. Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
St. Paul, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4797-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1998.676888