Techniques for incorporating sensors into apparatuses and systems
AssigneeBattelle Energy Alliance, LLC
InventorsIsabella J. van Rooyen, Piyush Sabharwall
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Abstract
Methods of placing sensors in structures may involve placing first particles including a first material of the structure on or above a support surface. Second particles including a second, different material may be dispersed among the first particles at least within a transition region of the structure proximate to a location where a sensor is to be supported by the structure. A sensor may be placed in the location. The first particles of the first material may be fused to one another and to the second particles of the second material to form the structure with the sensor supported by the structure.
Claims19
A method of placing a sensor in a structure, comprising:
- placing first particles comprising a first material of a structure in a first region and in a transition region proximate to the first region on or above a support surface, the transition region proximate to a location where a sensor is to be supported by the structure;
- dispersing second particles comprising a second, different material among the first particles at least within the transition region, such that a value of at least one material property within the transition region, once fused, is intermediate a first value of the at least one material property within the first region and a fourth value of the at least one material property of the sensor, the second particles exhibiting a coefficient of thermal expansion between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first particles and a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material of the sensor;
- placing the sensor in the location;
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- fusing the first particles of the first material to one another and to the second particles of the second material to form the structure with the sensor supported by the structure.
A method of placing a sensor in a structure, comprising:
- placing first particles comprising a first material of a structure in a first region and in a transition region proximate to the first region on or above a support surface, the transition region proximate to a location where a sensor is to be supported by the structure;
- dispersing second particles comprising a second, different material among the first particles at least within the transition region of the structure proximate to a location where a sensor is to be supported by the structure, such that a value of at least one material property within the transition region, once fused, is intermediate a first value of the at least one material property within the first region and a fourth value of the at least one material property of the sensor the second particles exhibiting a coefficient of thermal expansion between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first particles and a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material of the sensor;
- mixing the first particles and the second particles to increase surface roughness of the first particles and the second particles;
- placing the sensor in the location;
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- fusing the first particles of the first material to one another and to the second particles of the second material after mixing the first particles and the second particles to form the structure with the sensor supported by the structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.