Design and Evaluation of a Multidirectional Thermal Flow Sensor on Flexible Substrate
Joint Authors
Barmpakos, Dimitris
Famelis, Ioannis Th.
Moschos, Anastasios
Marinatos, Damianos
Kaltsas, Grigoris
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-02-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The development and the corresponding evaluation of a multidirectional thermal flow sensor are presented in this work.
The sensor was fabricated on a flexible substrate, allowing for new applications, since it provides the possibility of installation in nonplanar surfaces such as pipelines.
Furthermore, the sensing elements are not in direct contact with the fluid, which increases the device reliability, extends its application range, and allows the noncontact monitoring of fluids.
This was achieved by utilizing the substrate as a protective layer between the sensing elements and the fluid under measurement.
The operation principle is based on the determination of the flow-induced temperature profile variations.
A dedicated experimental setup was designed and used for the device evaluation.
Both flow velocity value and direction were successfully extracted, while the results were consistent with the predicted theoretical values.
A single-layer back propagation neural network that correlates the sensors’ readouts to the angle of rotation was implemented, which leads to a mean absolute direction estimation error in the order of 2.7 degrees independent to the training procedure datasets.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Barmpakos, Dimitris& Famelis, Ioannis Th.& Moschos, Anastasios& Marinatos, Damianos& Kaltsas, Grigoris. 2019. Design and Evaluation of a Multidirectional Thermal Flow Sensor on Flexible Substrate. Journal of Sensors،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1191720
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Barmpakos, Dimitris…[et al.]. Design and Evaluation of a Multidirectional Thermal Flow Sensor on Flexible Substrate. Journal of Sensors No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1191720
American Medical Association (AMA)
Barmpakos, Dimitris& Famelis, Ioannis Th.& Moschos, Anastasios& Marinatos, Damianos& Kaltsas, Grigoris. Design and Evaluation of a Multidirectional Thermal Flow Sensor on Flexible Substrate. Journal of Sensors. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1191720
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1191720