Contoured PPM-EMAT Design for Ultrasonic Communication On Metallic Pipe Channels
Ultrasonic guided waves can be used as the carriers of information in ultrasonic communication for pipe or plate channels. Permanent Periodic Magnet (PPM) Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) can potentially provide unique capabilities for a communication system as a non-contact transmitter and receiver, which can selectively generate different modes of shear-horizontal (SH) waves. The SH wave shows the potentials in achieving high bitrate without error in ultrasonic communication. However, when a steel pipe is used as the communication channel, especially one with a radius comparable to the size of the transducer, no guided wave signal can be excited or detected by existing PPM-EMAT's with flat coupling surface. In this paper, a 3D printed magnet holder is designed which can shape the magnet array. Also, the transmitter/receiver coils are made of flexible printed circuit which can fit over the curvature of the pipe channels. The contoured PPM-EMAT transmitter and receiver can conform to the surface of the steel pipe channel in order to generate and detect torsional waves. Experimental tests of signal transmission with PPM-EMAT on a 160cm-long stainless steel pipe determine the optimal frequency for communication to be 916KHz. Information transmission experimental results confirm the validity of contoured PPM-EMAT for communication with a bitrate of 5kbps.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1804061
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 20th Annual IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, 05/28/20 - 05/30/20, Naperville, IL, US
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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