• DocumentCode
    666336
  • Title

    Wireless valve position monitoring: A MEMS approach

  • Author

    Chraim, Fabien ; Pister, Kris

  • Author_Institution
    Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    10-13 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    4016
  • Lastpage
    4021
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) solution to rotary valve position monitoring. With a device holding commercial off-the-shelf inertial sensors, we develop a sensing algorithm encompassing self-calibration, and noise and drift removal. Our repeatable results show an accuracy of ±5° for part-turn valves and ±10% of a turn for multi-turn models. Our small energy-efficient wireless solution is a cheap and reliable replacement for products on the market.
  • Keywords
    micromechanical devices; position measurement; valves; MEMS approach; drift removal; microelectromechanical systems solution; noise removal; off-the-shelf inertial sensors; rotary valve position monitoring; self-calibration; sensing algorithm; wireless valve position monitoring; Accelerometers; Gyroscopes; Magnetometers; Micromechanical devices; Temperature sensors; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • ISSN
    1553-572X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECON.2013.6699778
  • Filename
    6699778