Development of a Novel High-Performance Viscosity Testing System Based on PMUTs Array

IF 5.9 2区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement Pub Date : 2025-08-29 DOI:10.1109/TIM.2025.3604116

Chaoshuai Zhang;Fansheng Meng;Guojun Zhang;Renxin Wang;Changde He;Wendong Zhang;Licheng Jia

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Abstract

This work presents the development of a miniaturized ultrasonic liquid viscosity monitoring system based on piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs) array. The system correlates ultrasonic attenuation coefficients with liquid viscosity by conducting extensive testing on glycerol-deionized water mixtures at varying temperatures and mass fractions. The system demonstrates an error margin within 2% when tested against additional samples, showing comparable performance to conventional viscometers. It requires only a small sample volume, making it suitable for applications like pharmaceutical research, where viscosity is critical to drug release and absorption. The system’s design, incorporating optimized transduction and detection sections, enhances sensitivity while reducing the size of the overall monitoring device. Future developments, including the integration of immersion measurement capabilities, will further improve the system’s practicality and efficiency, making it a promising tool for real-time viscosity monitoring in diverse applications.

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基于PMUTs阵列的新型高性能粘度测试系统的研制

本文介绍了一种基于压电微机械超声换能器阵列的小型化超声液体粘度监测系统的研制。该系统通过在不同温度和质量分数下对甘油-去离子水混合物进行广泛测试，将超声波衰减系数与液体粘度联系起来。当对额外的样品进行测试时，该系统的误差范围在2%以内，显示出与传统粘度计相当的性能。它只需要很小的样品量，使其适用于药物研究等应用，其中粘度对药物释放和吸收至关重要。该系统的设计，结合了优化的转导和检测部分，提高了灵敏度，同时减小了整个监测设备的尺寸。未来的发展，包括浸入式测量功能的集成，将进一步提高系统的实用性和效率，使其成为各种应用中实时粘度监测的有前途的工具。

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来源期刊

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

9.00

自引率

23.20%

发文量

1294

审稿时长

3.9 months

期刊介绍： Papers are sought that address innovative solutions to the development and use of electrical and electronic instruments and equipment to measure, monitor and/or record physical phenomena for the purpose of advancing measurement science, methods, functionality and applications. The scope of these papers may encompass: (1) theory, methodology, and practice of measurement; (2) design, development and evaluation of instrumentation and measurement systems and components used in generating, acquiring, conditioning and processing signals; (3) analysis, representation, display, and preservation of the information obtained from a set of measurements; and (4) scientific and technical support to establishment and maintenance of technical standards in the field of Instrumentation and Measurement.