{"title":"High Capacity Torque and Compression Measurements Using Fibre Optic Sensors","authors":"K. Hoehn, A. Olsson, J. Arkwright","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.18","url":null,"abstract":"Deformations of objects or structures under applied loads have traditionally been measured using electrical strain gauges. Several techniques are also known for measuring strain along optical fibres, this can be desirable in a range of circumstances, e.g. in systems with space constraints or where many measurement points are required. Optical fibres, however, are known for being fragile and having a low tensile strain limit.This paper presents a realisation of a high capacity, directional torque and compression sensor using a single optical fibre with multiple Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBGs). Our design parameters adjust the sensing range to the expected forces and showcases an application for the mining and drilling industry.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116062159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yubin Wei, Jie Hu, Tingting Zhang, Guangxian Jin, Tong-yu Liu
{"title":"Mine Laser Methane Sensor and Its Application Development","authors":"Yubin Wei, Jie Hu, Tingting Zhang, Guangxian Jin, Tong-yu Liu","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.15","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the coal mine safety requirements for a new generation of methane sensor in recent years, coal mine methane sensor laser has attracted more and more attention. Based on the principle of laser absorption spectroscopy, mine laser methane sensor was developed, a series of detailed performance test were carried out. Compared with traditional catalytic combustion sensor and infrared sensor, laser methane sensor has many advantages, such as large range, high precision, low power consumption and calibration free. In the application of the coal mine safety monitoring, the superior performance of the laser methane sensor has been verified, and it has good application prospects.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129739157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High Frequency Fibre Bragg Grating Interrogator for Monitoring Rock Cracking Events for Mining Applications","authors":"G. Rajan, S. Karekal","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.12","url":null,"abstract":"Acoustic Emission/Micro-seismic monitoring of cracking of rock or rock mass is important for assessing the integrity of rock mass and to take necessary precautions in the stability analysis of underground and open pit geomechanical structures. Micro-mechanics of deformation of rock and precursors to major failure or rock bursting mechanisms can be best understood in the laboratory under controlled stress conditions. An experimental program was envisaged to understand and monitor the stress induced cracking events during compressive loading of two rock specimens of different geometry shapes. High frequency Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) based optic fibre interrogator system was used to monitor Acoustic Emission (AE) of rock specimens under two different test configurations. The FBG sensors picked up high frequency AE events of rock cracking, and these captured AE events predominantly coincided with the load drops in the load-time/deformation diagrams. These high frequency FBGs optic fibre interrogator systems could be used as an alternative to PZT/geophone based systems and they can be safely deployed in underground mines and AE can be monitored over a long distance with least transmission loss.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125322819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Distributed Fibre Optic Sensors for Detecting Fires and Hot Rollers on Conveyor Belts","authors":"H. Hoff","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.9","url":null,"abstract":"The use of modern fibre-optic sensors based on DTS (distributed temperature sensing) technology has established itself as a proven method for fire detection and temperature measurement. A passive fibre optic cable provides accurate temperature measurements along the length of the conveyor belt, which enables an effective and cost-effective monitoring of even very long conveyor routes. Fires and overheating, which can occur during operation and lead to serious damage and long downtimes, are quickly detected and localized to within one-meter accuracy. The necessary countermeasures can be quickly activated. Heat detection for hot rollers requires a proper installation of the sensor cable and configuration of the alarm zones and analyses. This paper is based on conveyor belt tests and case studies, and describes the potential of fibre-optic based DTS technology with regard to fire and hot-roller detection along conveyor belts.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114251788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongkui Gong, M. Kizil, Zhongwei Chen, S. Aminossadati
{"title":"Validation of Bare FBG Sensors in Monitoring Compressive Rock Mass Deformation","authors":"Hongkui Gong, M. Kizil, Zhongwei Chen, S. Aminossadati","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.20","url":null,"abstract":"Geotechnical stability is a major concern for the long-term safety and integrity in underground coal mines.The major issues with the current roof stability monitoring system in underground coal mines include lackof systematic real time data recording scheme and using electrical sensing components that are notintrinsically safe in underground explosive workplace. Although an advanced system based on fibre opticsensing (FOS) technologies have increasingly drawn attention by mining industry, their applications in coalmines are still challenged by a number of factors, such as the survivability in large strain range, appropriatefibre encapsulation and installation methods and minimisation of measurement errors due to the straintransfer loss. This paper presents the results of preliminary experiment in developing fibre optic based roofstability monitoring system forunderground coal mines, including the validation of surface mounting bareFBGs in rock mass compressive test. The accuracy of the bare FBG sensors in measuring compressivestrain for rock mass are validated against the electrical strain gauges and linear variable differentialtransducer (LVDT). Using the stress-strain curve and Young’s modulus of the standard samples as areference, the experiment results show that the bare FBG and electrical strain gauges can provide accurateand reliable compressive strain measurements for material with different mechanical properties.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114082923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wentao Zhang, Wenzhu Huang, Li Li, Wenyi Liu, Fang Li
{"title":"Fiber Optic Seismometer Based on π-Phase-Shifted FBG and Swept Optical SSB-SC Interrogation Technique","authors":"Wentao Zhang, Wenzhu Huang, Li Li, Wenyi Liu, Fang Li","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.19","url":null,"abstract":"A fiber optic seismometer based on π-phase-shifted FBG (π-FBG) is proposed. The static wavelength/strain of the π-FBG is measured by swept optical suppressed carrier single sideband (SSB-SC) interrogation technique with a reference FBG resonator. A broadband (DC-50 Hz) wavelength/strain with 0.0006 pm (0.47 nε) resolution is demonstrated. As a reasonable double-diaphragm acceleration model is realized, the seismometer works from 20 s to 50 Hz and reaches a noise level of -130 dB@1 Hz (re: 10×log m2s-4/Hz) which meets the earth’s background noise. The proposed seismometer has the ability to record the close small earthquake with high signal-noise ratio (SNR).","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131914491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Hasheminasab, S. Aminossadati, R. Bagherpour, M. Amanzadeh
{"title":"Fibre-Optic Based Sensors for Dust Monitoring","authors":"F. Hasheminasab, S. Aminossadati, R. Bagherpour, M. Amanzadeh","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.22","url":null,"abstract":"Coal dust is one of the main sources of health and safety risk in surface and underground coal mines. Coal dustmonitoring and control are critical measures in any coal mine operation. Optical dust sensing has become a viabletechnology for dust monitoring as it has a number of advantages over conventional gravimetric methods. Fibreopticbased sensors are especially valuable in sensing dust particles in hazardous environments and in the presenceof explosives within coal mines. This paper presents an overview of using fibre-optic based sensors for measuringdust concentration.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131040045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilisation of Fibre-Optic Based Distributed Temperature Sensing in Examining the Flow Behaviour in Gas Drainage Boreholes","authors":"E. Prochon, N. Danesh, S. Aminossadati","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.17","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the results of a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of deploying fibre-optic based Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) technology in pre-mining gas drainage boreholes. The aim is to identifythe changing thermal characteristics of gas flow along the length of the borehole in order to provide a step change in the way that gas drainage is managed and reported. Current techniques used in the coal mining industry do not provide any information on where the gas flow is originated and how effective the gas drainage is throughout a large region. The results of the research demonstrates the ability of the technology to identify “signature” changes in temperature inside the borehole that could be directly associated with gas emissions, borehole blockages, and the presence and source of water.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132077642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. M. Masum, S. Aminossadati, C. Leonardi, M. Amanzadeh
{"title":"Mathematical Modelling of Gas Flow in a Hollow Core Optical Fibre","authors":"B. M. Masum, S. Aminossadati, C. Leonardi, M. Amanzadeh","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.13","url":null,"abstract":"Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibres (HC PCFs) provide a microscale cell for fast response optical gas sensing. This paper presents a computational simulation of flow behaviour of methane and hydrogen gases in HC-PCFs under ambient pressure and temperature. A mathematical model has been developed to study the gas diffusion time in different structures and lengths of HC-PCF. The results show the relation of gas concentration over time along the length of HC-PCF’s core.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122295569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Zhang, Xiao-hui Li, Meng Liu, Mingzhe Guo, Xueping Cheng, P. Shum
{"title":"Abnormal Noise-Like Pulse Fiber Laser for Disruptive Sensing Applications","authors":"B. Zhang, Xiao-hui Li, Meng Liu, Mingzhe Guo, Xueping Cheng, P. Shum","doi":"10.1109/OFSIS.2017.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFSIS.2017.10","url":null,"abstract":"Noise-like pulses (NLPs) are of interest as they can provide low temporal coherence, smooth and broad spectra and high brightness. Owing to these merits, NLPs can facilitate many optical sensing applications, such as hybrid interrogation of high-count low reflectivity fiber Bragg grating arrays. In this paper, we report the abnormal NLP evolution in a passively Er-doped mode-locked fibre laser, of which the optical spectrum, the pulse energy and the pulse distribution in the fibre laser cavities are controllable as desired. Both experimental results and theoretical investigation of the dynamics of the inner pulses have been demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":121199,"journal":{"name":"2017 2nd International Conference for Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114866236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}