Investigation on cubic Zirconia-based pressure sensor for high temperature application

Author

Peng, W. ; Qi, B. ; Pickrell, G.R. ; Wang, A.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

713

Abstract

Recent investigation of single crystal cubic zirconia fiber optic pressure sensor for high temperature environment application is reported in this paper. A fiber optic pressure sensor utilizing single crystal cubic zirconia as a structure material has been designed, developed and tested. The sensor head is a birefringence-based fiber optic sensor in which the will change with the pressure. The pressure response of the sensor has been measured from 0 to 1700Psi. Additional experimental results from room temperature to 1026 °C show that cubic zirconia could be used for pressure sensor at high temperatures. Experiment results illustrate the feasibility to apply the designed single crystal cubic zirconia sensor for pressure measurement at high-temperature harsh industrial environments with further development.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; high-temperature electronics; pressure sensors; 0 to 1700 psi; 1026 C; birefringence-based fiber optic sensor; cubic Zirconia-based pressure sensor; fiber optic pressure sensor; high temperature application; pressure response; single crystal cubic zirconia; Crystalline materials; Materials testing; Optical design; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical sensors; Pressure measurement; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2003. Proceedings of IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8133-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279032

Filename

1279032