Internal field study of 21700 battery based on long-life embedded wireless temperature sensor

The safety of lithium-ion batteries is an essential concern where instant and accurate temperature sensing is critical. It is generally desired to put sensors inside batteries for instant sensing. However, the transmission of internal measurement outside batteries without interfering their normal state is a non-trivial task due to the harsh electrochemical environment, the particular packaging structures and the intrinsic electromagnetic shielding problems of batteries. In this work, a novel in-situ temperature sensing framework is proposed by incorporating temperature sensors with a novel signal transmission solution. The signal transmission solution uses a self-designed integrated-circuit which modulates the internal measurements outside battery via its positive pole without package breaking. Extensive experimental results validate the noninterference properties of the proposed framework. Our proposed in-situ temperature measurement by the self-designed signal modulation solution has a promising potential for in-situ battery health monitoring and thus promoting the development of smart batteries. Graphic abstract

A Mobile Robot Position Adjustment as a Fusion of Vision System and Wheels Odometry in Autonomous Track Driving

Autonomous mobile vehicles need advanced systems to determine their exact position in a certain coordinate system. For this purpose, the GPS and the vision system are the most often used. These systems have some disadvantages, for example, the GPS signal is unavailable in rooms and may be inaccurate, while the vision system is strongly dependent on the intensity of the recorded light. This paper assumes that the primary system for determining the position of the vehicle is wheel odometry joined with an IMU (Internal Measurement Unit) sensor, which task is to calculate all changes in the robot orientations, such as yaw rate. However, using only the results coming from the wheels system provides additive measurement error, which is most often the result of the wheels slippage and the IMU sensor drift. In the presented work, this error is reduced by using a vision system that constantly measures vehicle distances to markers located in its space. Additionally, the paper describes the fusion of signals from the vision system and the wheels odometry. Studies related to the positioning accuracy of the vehicle with both the vision system turned on and off are presented. The laboratory averaged positioning accuracy result was reduced from 0.32 m to 0.13 m, with ensuring that the vehicle wheels did not experience slippage. The paper also describes the performance of the system during a real track driven, where the assumption was not to use the GPS geolocation system. In this case, the vision system assisted in the vehicle positioning and an accuracy of 0.2 m was achieved at the control points.

Research and verification of internal and external measurement methods of large oil storage tanks capacity based on 3D lasers canning

Nowadays, as an important tool for petrochemical enterprises to store and transport various petrochemical products, large oil storage tanks are highly praised by a large number of oil enterprises because of their characteristics of large capacity and stable storage. For the same storage tank, on the premise of elevation determination, the accuracy of the measurement results for capacity actually mainly depends on the accurate measurement of the inner radius of each circle plate. In this paper, a 10000m3 stroage tank T1 is selected to measure the inner radius by strapping tape method, total station internal measurement method and 3D laser scanner internal and external measurement method. Through data comparison, the accuracy of the above methods for measuring the inner radius of the first circle plate of storage tank is discussed and verified, and the difference of measurement results and accuracy between internal and external measurement of ten circle plates of storage tank by 3D laser scanner. It is concluded that the external measurement method of 3D laser scanner based on the principle of cloud to cloud splicing has poor result in tank’s inner radius measurement, but it is feasible based on the principle of target ball splicing.

Incorporating Inline Inspection Internal Measurement Unit Data Analysis Into Integrity Management Programs

Inline Inspection Internal Measurement Unit (ILI IMU) data analysis is a well understood but often under-utilized technology for detecting, defining, assessing and monitoring soil to pipeline interactions. The technology has been successfully used to detect landslide interactions since 1996 [1]. Operators can be provided with a vendor analysis (initial bending strain or run to run movements) and/or processed raw data for either internal or third-party raw data Analysis [2]. Vendor Analysis typically identifies major soil/pipeline interactions but primarily reports dig related settlements [3] and static construction related features. Raw data analysis is typically used to define interactions and provide detailed pipe shapes and deformations within targeted pipeline segments. An approach for determining ILI IMU analysis/data requirements for individual ILI run segments for any size of pipeline system is presented. Guidelines for analysis are provided for Operators to optimize efforts based on the hazards encountered in individual pipelines or pipeline systems. The process includes feature screening, integrity/geotechnical specialist review and risk control/mitigation measures, if required. To facilitate the feature screening process, a classification system for ILI IMU features is presented based on their type, activity and source modified from the system presented in [3].

Biochemical computation underlying behavioral decision-making

Computations in the brain are broadly assumed to emerge from patterns of fast electrical activity. Challenging this view, we show that a male fly’s decision to persist in mating, even through a potentially lethal threat, hinges on biochemical computations that enable processing over minutes to hours. Each neuron in a recurrent network measuring time into mating contains slightly different internal molecular estimates of elapsed time. Protein Kinase A (PKA) activity contrasts this internal measurement with input from the other neurons to represent evidence that the network’s goal has been achieved. When consensus is reached, PKA pushes the network toward a large-scale and synchronized burst of calcium influx, which we call an eruption. The eruption functions like an action potential at the level of the network, transforming deliberation within the network into an all-or-nothing output, after which the male will no longer sacrifice his life to continue mating. We detail the continuous transformation between interwoven molecular and electrical information over long timescales in this system, showing how biochemical activity, invisible to most large scale recording techniques, is the key computational currency directing a life-or-death decision.

3D-Printed Multilayer Sensor Structure for Electrical Capacitance Tomography

Presently, Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) is positioned as a relatively mature and inexpensive tool for the diagnosis of non-conductive industrial processes. For most industrial applications, a hand-made approach for an ECT sensor and its 3D extended structure fabrication is used. Moreover, a hand-made procedure is often inaccurate, complicated, and time-consuming. Another drawback is that a hand-made ECT sensor’s geometrical parameters, mounting base profile thickness, and electrode array shape usually depends on the structure of industrial test objects, tanks, and containers available on the market. Most of the traditionally fabricated capacitance tomography sensors offer external measurements only with electrodes localized outside of the test object. Although internal measurement is possible, it is often difficult to implement. This leads to limited in-depth scanning abilities and poor sensitivity distribution of traditionally fabricated ECT sensors. In this work we propose, demonstrate, and validate experimentally a new 3D ECT sensor fabrication process. The proposed solution uses a computational workflow that incorporates both 3D computer modeling and 3D-printing techniques. Such a 3D-printed structure can be of any shape, and the electrode layout can be easily fitted to a broad range of industrial applications. A developed solution offers an internal measurement due to negligible thickness of sensor mount base profile. This paper analyses and compares measurement capabilities of a traditionally fabricated 3D ECT sensor with novel 3D-printed design. The authors compared two types of the 3D ECT sensors using experimental capacitance measurements for a set of low-contrast and high-contrast permittivity distribution phantoms. The comparison demonstrates advantages and benefits of using the new 3D-printed spatial capacitance sensor regarding the significant fabrication time reduction as well as the improvement of overall measurement accuracy and stability.

Motion tracking glove for augmented reality and virtual reality

This project designs a smart glove, which can be used for motion tracking in real time to a 3D virtual robotic arm in a PC. The glove is low cost with the price of less than 100 € and uses only internal measurement unit for students to develop their projects on augmented and virtual reality applications. Movement data from the glove is transferred to the PC via UART DMA. The data is set as the motion reference path for the 3D virtual robotic arm to follow. APID feedback controller controls the 3D virtual robot to track exactly the haptic glove movement with zero error in real time. This glove can be used also for remote control, tele-robotics and tele-operation systems.

Temporality Naturalized

The Schrödinger equation for quantum mechanics, which is approachable in third-person description, takes for granted tenseless time that does not distinguish between different tenses such as past, present, and future. The time-reversal symmetry grounded upon tenseless time globally may, however, be broken once measurement in the form of exchanging indivisible quantum particles between the measured and the measuring intervenes. Measurement breaks tenseless time locally and distinguishes different tenses. Since measurement is about the material process of feeding and acting upon the quantum resources already available from any material bodies to be measured internally, the agency of measurement is sought within the environment in the broadest sense. Most indicative of internal measurement of the environmental origin are chemical reactions in the reaction environment. Temporality naturalized in chemical reactions proceeding as being subjected to frequent interventions of internal measurement is approachable in second-person description because of the participation of multiple agents of measurement there. The use of second-person description is found in the appraisal of the material capacity of generating, distinguishing, and integrating different tenses. An essence of the temporality to be naturalized is within the genesis of different tenses. A most conspicuous exemplar of naturalized temporality is sought in the origins of life conceivable exclusively on the material ground.