SBIR Phase I: Structural Imaging of High Temperature Furnace Walls

SBIR 第一阶段：高温炉壁的结构成像

• 批准号: 1113770
• 负责人: Yakup Bayram
• 金额: $ 14.91万
• 依托单位: PaneraTech Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1113770&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Structural; Imaging; Temperature

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses a major need in the glassmanufacturing industry by developing a wireless sensor for 3?]D imaging of glass furnace walls to identifyrefractory erosion and molten glass leaks. The furnace walls are comprised of insulation and AZS(Alumina, Zirconium, Silica) refractories which are highly lossy and very dispersive at high temperatures.A conventional approach would inevitably be constrained by its system dynamic range, and thus themost important molten glass?]AZS echo would be virtually invisible regardless of the sophistication ofdigital processing on the measured results. This project takes a holistic approach from antenna design toimaging algorithm to sensor architecture in order to tackle very demanding requirements of the furnacewall. It aims to accomplish (1) accurate characterization of attenuation and dispersive properties of thefurnace walls (2) optimal antenna design to match with minimum inter?]coupling, (3) high resolutionimaging algorithm that leverages prior knowledge of wall properties, and (4) hardware architecture withthe highest possible dynamic range in such a high temperature environment.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is that it offers a 3?]D sensor that will enable amaintenance program based upon the real condition of the furnace to realize longer life span of hightemperature furnaces and make informed local maintenance without a major interruption in theproduction. This translates to significant financial savings for the glass manufacturing industry given themulti?]million dollar initial capital investment is required to build a furnace, followed by a multi?]milliondollar spending to maintain it. Further, several catastrophic accidents have occurred in the past due tomolten glass leaking from the furnaces. These catastrophic accidents resulted in death of severalemployees, significant financial damage and severe production disruption. Therefore, this project willenable safer manufacturing environment for the glass manufacturing industry since potential areas formolten glass leakages and structural health of furnace walls will be assessed with the 3?]D imagingtechnology being developed under this project. Lastly, this research will also lead to new designconcepts for sensing through dispersive and high loss media in extremely high temperatureenvironment, thus introducing new approaches for wireless sensing technologies in harsh environments.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I期项目通过开发3个？]玻璃熔炉墙的成像来识别fractractory侵蚀和熔融玻璃泄漏，从而解决了玻璃制造行业的主要需求。炉墙由绝缘和AZ（氧化铝，锆，二氧化硅）折射率组成，它们在高温下具有很高的损失且非常分散。常规方法不可避免地会受到其系统动态范围的限制，因此它们是重要的Molten Glass吗？该项目采用了整体方法，从天线设计构成算法到传感器架构，以便满足炉墙的苛刻要求。 It aims to accomplish (1) accurate characterization of attenuation and dispersive properties of thefurnace walls (2) optimal antenna design to match with minimum inter?]coupling, (3) high resolutionimaging algorithm that leverages prior knowledge of wall properties, and (4) hardware architecture withthe highest possible dynamic range in such a high temperature environment.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is that it offers a 3?]D传感器将基于炉子的实际状况实现宽容计划，以实现更长的寿命寿命，并在生产中大部分中断而在不重大中断的情况下进行明智的当地维护。这意味着玻璃制造业的财务节省大量资金，鉴于建造炉子需要的百万美元初始资本投资，然后是数百万美元的支出来维持它。此外，由于炉子从炉子泄漏出来，过去发生了几起灾难性的事故。这些灾难性的事故导致多名雇员死亡，严重的财务损失和严重的生产中断。因此，由于该项目正在开发该项目的3？] D ImagingTechnology将评估该项目的玻璃制造业可更安全的制造环境。最后，这项研究还将导致新的DesignCepts通过极高的温度环境中的分散和高损失介质进行感测，从而在恶劣的环境中引入了无线传感技术的新方法。