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Online Strain Measurement at Multiple Points on a Rotating Blade with Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and a Rotary Optical Coupler

광섬유 격자 센서와 회전 광학 커플러를 사용한 회전하는 블레이드 여러 지점에서의 온라인 변형률 측정

  • 이종민 (한국과학기술연구원(지능시시템연구본부)) ;
  • 황요하 (한국과학기술연구원 지능시시템연구본부)
  • Published : 2008.01.01
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Abstract

Strain-gauges have been dominantly used to measure strain at various points on a rotor, however, either a slip ring or telemetry has to be used to send sensor signals to data acquisition instruments at stationary side. Both slip ring and telemetry have numerous inherent problems which force severe limitations in real applications. This paper introduces a new rotor condition monitoring system using FBG(Fiber Bragg Grating) sensors and a rotary optical coupler. A single optical fiber with many FBG sensors is installed on the rotor and an optical dynamic interrogator is installed at stationary side. The sensor signal connection between rotating part and stationary part is made by the rotary optical coupling method which makes use of light's unique characteristic-light travels through space. Broad band light source from the interrogator travels to the optical fiber on the rotor and reflected FBG sensor signals travel back to the optical fiber on stationary side and are connected to the interrogator. Rotary optical coupler's insertion loss change due to rotation is compensated by using a reference sensor installed at the center of the rotor. The proposed system's performance has been successfully demonstrated by accurately measuring strains at 5 points on a blade rotating at high speed.

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