BLIND TWO-THERMOCOUPLE SENSOR CHARACTERISATION

Peter C. Hung, Seán F. McLoone, George W. Irwin, Robert J. Kee

2007

Abstract

Thermocouples are one of the most popular devices for temperature measurement in many mechatronic implementations.However, large wire diameters are required to withstand harsh environments and consequently the sensor bandwidth is reduced. This paper describes a novel algorithmic compensation technique based on blind deconvolution to address this loss of high frequency signal components using the outputs from two thermocouples.In particular, a cross-relation blind deconvolution for parameter estimation is proposed. A feature of this approach, unlike previous methods, is that no a priori assumption is made about the time constant ratio of the two thermocouples. The advantages, including small estimation variance, are highlighted using results from simulation studies.

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C. Hung P., F. McLoone S., W. Irwin G. and J. Kee R. (2007). BLIND TWO-THERMOCOUPLE SENSOR CHARACTERISATION . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-84-9, pages 10-16. DOI: 10.5220/0001627200100016


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco07,
author={Peter C. Hung and Seán F. McLoone and George W. Irwin and Robert J. Kee},
title={BLIND TWO-THERMOCOUPLE SENSOR CHARACTERISATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,},
year={2007},
pages={10-16},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001627200100016},
isbn={978-972-8865-84-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,
TI - BLIND TWO-THERMOCOUPLE SENSOR CHARACTERISATION
SN - 978-972-8865-84-9
AU - C. Hung P.
AU - F. McLoone S.
AU - W. Irwin G.
AU - J. Kee R.
PY - 2007
SP - 10
EP - 16
DO - 10.5220/0001627200100016