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ProfessorEricYeatman

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6204e.yeatman CV

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Anna McCormick +44 (0)20 7594 6189

 
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Location

 

610aElectrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Kiziroglou:2015:1/012095,
author = {Kiziroglou, ME and Boyle, D and Wright, SW and Yeatman, EM},
doi = {1/012095},
pages = {1--5},
publisher = {Institute of Physics (IoP)},
title = {Acoustic energy transmission in cast iron pipelines},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/660/1/012095},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In this paper we propose acoustic power transfer as a method for the remote powering of pipeline sensor nodes. A theoretical framework of acoustic power propagation in the ceramic transducers and the metal structures is drawn, based on the Mason equivalent circuit. The effect of mounting on the electrical response of piezoelectric transducers is studied experimentally. Using two identical transducer structures, power transmission of 0.33 mW through a 1 m long, 118 mm diameter cast iron pipe, with 8 mm wall thickness is demonstrated, at 1 V received voltage amplitude. A near-linear relationship between input and output voltage is observed. These results show that it is possible to deliver significant power to sensor nodes through acoustic waves in solid structures. The proposed method may enable the implementation of acoustic - powered wireless sensor nodes for structural and operation monitoring of pipeline infrastructure.
AU  - Kiziroglou,ME
AU  - Boyle,D
AU  - Wright,SW
AU  - Yeatman,EM
DO  - 1/012095
EP  - 5
PB  - Institute of Physics (IoP)
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1742-6588
SP  - 1
TI  - Acoustic energy transmission in cast iron pipelines
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/660/1/012095
UR  - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/660/1/012095
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28339
ER  -
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