Wireless multifunctional harsh environment sensor device
AssigneeUniversity of North Texas
InventorHaifeng Zhang
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Abstract
A wireless multifunctional harsh environment monitoring device can include a housing. The device can include a dumbbell-shaped crystal structure within the housing, where the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure includes a top disk, a bottom disk and a center bar between the top disk and the bottom disk. The device can include a plurality of gas detection systems having one component exposed on a surface of the top disk of the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure and open to an open top of the housing. The device can also have a pressure and temperature sensing mechanism attached to the center bar of the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure. The pressure and temperature sensing mechanism can simultaneously detect pressure and temperature from gases exposed to the surface of the top disk.
Claims20
A multifunctional harsh environment gas monitoring device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a dumbbell-shaped crystal structure within the housing, the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure comprising a top disk, a bottom disk, and a center bar between the top disk and the bottom disk;
- a plurality of gas detection systems comprising at least one component exposed on a surface of the top disk of the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure and open to an open top of the housing;
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- a pressure and temperature sensing mechanism attached to the center bar of the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure, wherein the pressure and temperature sensing mechanism simultaneously detects pressure and temperature from at least one gas exposed to the surface of the top disk of the dumbbell-shaped crystal structure and the plurality gas detection systems detect material content of the at least one gas.
A multifunctional harsh environment gas monitoring device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a piezoelectric crystal component within the housing, the piezoelectric crystal component comprising a first plate, a second plate, and a center bar disposed between the first plate and the second plate;
- at least one gas sensor disposed on a surface of the first plate of the piezoelectric crystal component and exposed through an opening in the housing, the at least one gas sensor configured to detect material content of at least one gas exposed through the opening in the housing;
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- a pressure and temperature sensing mechanism disposed on the center bar of the piezoelectric crystal component, the pressure and temperature sensing mechanism configured to simultaneously detect pressure and temperature from the at least one gas.
A multifunctional harsh environment gas monitoring device, comprising:
- a housing having an opening on a first end;
- a crystal component disposed the housing, the piezoelectric crystal component comprising a first end, a second end, and a center portion disposed between the first end and the second end;
- one or more gas sensors disposed on a surface of the first end of the crystal component and exposed through an opening in the housing;
- a pressure sensing mechanism disposed on the center portion of the crystal component;
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- a temperature sensing mechanism disposed on the center portion of the crystal component adjacent to the pressure sensing mechanism.
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