Piston Sensor Data Acquisition System and Method

A method for modeling a piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

• determining a location of an embedded piston sensor, at least partially coated with a visualization material, prior to engine testing;
• acquiring piston sensor data during engine testing;
• providing the piston sensor location and the piston sensor data to a model;
• and
• updating the model based on the piston sensor location and the piston sensor data.

A piston sensor data acquisition system, comprising:

• a piston for an internal combustion engine, including:
• a piston crown including an upper surface defining a bowl region, a side portion and a lower surface,
• a temperature sensor, at least partially coated by silver, disposed at a location within the piston crown, and
• a wireless transmitter, coupled to the sensor, to transmit sensor data;
• a data acquisition computer, including:
• a wireless receiver to receive the sensor data transmitted from the wireless transmitter,
• a processor coupled to the wireless receiver, and
• a memory to store the sensor location, determined by an x-ray imaging process, and the sensor data;
• a modeling computer, including:
• a memory, and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, to receive the sensor location and the sensor data from the data acquisition computer, and to model the piston using the sensor location and the sensor data;
• and
• a network coupled to the data acquisition computer and the modeling computer.