Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers

In this paper, we propose a fabrication method of a high temperature-resistant ultrasonic transducer for non-destructive tests. In typical pipe non-destructive wall thickness measurements, couplant material and backing material which do not have heat resistance are necessary. Therefore, there are re...

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Main Authors: Mako NAKAMURA, Kei NAKATSUMA, Makoto KUMON, Makiko KOBAYASHI
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Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/17/4/17_2023jamdsm0048/_pdf/-char/en
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author Mako NAKAMURA
Kei NAKATSUMA
Makoto KUMON
Makiko KOBAYASHI
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Makoto KUMON
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description In this paper, we propose a fabrication method of a high temperature-resistant ultrasonic transducer for non-destructive tests. In typical pipe non-destructive wall thickness measurements, couplant material and backing material which do not have heat resistance are necessary. Therefore, there are restrictions for the practical online pipe thickness monitoring in chemical and power plants. To avoid a limitation of these non-heat-resistant material, we propose a couplant-less transducer fabrication method by attaching a piezoelectric film directly on the tested object with the spray coating method. Our method is based on the sol-gel spray technique to fabricate a piezoelectric ceramic film. With the sensor fabricated with this method, we measured the wall thickness under high temperature (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600°C) conditions. From the results of the high-temperature experiment, it was found that the sensitivity decrease due to temperature rise was limited to 3dB and the difference of frequency response was also limited to 2 MHz at the second peak frequency at the maximum. According to the results, the performance deterioration due to high temperature was within an acceptable range. Additionally, the wall thickness could be calculated from reflected pulse waves. We concluded that sufficient availability of the piezoelectric film under high temperature were confirmed. This paper describes the effectiveness of piezoelectric film attached directly on the tested object.
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spelling doaj.art-86fd14bb2b7c42cb9c5b6399be880ef12023-08-03T00:02:42ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersJournal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing1881-30542023-08-01174JAMDSM0048JAMDSM004810.1299/jamdsm.2023jamdsm0048jamdsmDirectly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducersMako NAKAMURA0Kei NAKATSUMA1Makoto KUMON2Makiko KOBAYASHI3Graduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto UniversityGraduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto UniversityGraduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto UniversityGraduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto UniversityIn this paper, we propose a fabrication method of a high temperature-resistant ultrasonic transducer for non-destructive tests. In typical pipe non-destructive wall thickness measurements, couplant material and backing material which do not have heat resistance are necessary. Therefore, there are restrictions for the practical online pipe thickness monitoring in chemical and power plants. To avoid a limitation of these non-heat-resistant material, we propose a couplant-less transducer fabrication method by attaching a piezoelectric film directly on the tested object with the spray coating method. Our method is based on the sol-gel spray technique to fabricate a piezoelectric ceramic film. With the sensor fabricated with this method, we measured the wall thickness under high temperature (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600°C) conditions. From the results of the high-temperature experiment, it was found that the sensitivity decrease due to temperature rise was limited to 3dB and the difference of frequency response was also limited to 2 MHz at the second peak frequency at the maximum. According to the results, the performance deterioration due to high temperature was within an acceptable range. Additionally, the wall thickness could be calculated from reflected pulse waves. We concluded that sufficient availability of the piezoelectric film under high temperature were confirmed. This paper describes the effectiveness of piezoelectric film attached directly on the tested object.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/17/4/17_2023jamdsm0048/_pdf/-char/enultrasonic transducerwall thickness measurementsnon-destructive testspiezoelectric devicesol-gel composite
spellingShingle Mako NAKAMURA
Kei NAKATSUMA
Makoto KUMON
Makiko KOBAYASHI
Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing
ultrasonic transducer
wall thickness measurements
non-destructive tests
piezoelectric device
sol-gel composite
title Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
title_full Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
title_fullStr Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
title_full_unstemmed Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
title_short Directly mounted sol-gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
title_sort directly mounted sol gel composite piezoelectric devices by spray coating technique for high temperature ultrasonic transducers
topic ultrasonic transducer
wall thickness measurements
non-destructive tests
piezoelectric device
sol-gel composite
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/17/4/17_2023jamdsm0048/_pdf/-char/en
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