Adaptive Thin Film Temperature Sensor for Bearing's Rolling Elements Temperature Measurement

With the continuous improvement of train speeds, it is necessary to find the possible problems of bearings in time, otherwise they will cause serious consequences. Aiming at the characteristics of rapid temperature change of bearings, a thin film thermocouple temperature sensor was developed to meas...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2022-04, Vol.22 (8), p.2838
Main Authors: Cui, Yunxian, Gao, Pengfei, Tang, Wuchu, Mo, Guowei, Yin, Junwei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alloys
Aluminum alloys
Aluminum oxide
Bearings
Continuous improvement
Design
double row tapered roller bearing
Dynamic characteristics
Dynamic response
High speed rail
Magnetron sputtering
Measurement
Nickel silicide
Quantum dots
Real time operation
Response time
roller temperature
Seebeck effect
self-adaptive
Sensors
Static characteristics
Temperature measurement
Temperature measurements
Temperature sensors
Thermocouples
Thin films
thin-film sensor
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Summary:With the continuous improvement of train speeds, it is necessary to find the possible problems of bearings in time, otherwise they will cause serious consequences. Aiming at the characteristics of rapid temperature change of bearings, a thin film thermocouple temperature sensor was developed to measure the real-time temperature of the bearing's rolling elements during train operation. Using dc pulse magnetron sputtering technology, Al O film, NiCr film, NiSi film, and SiO film were successively deposited on an aluminum alloy substrate. We studied their microstructure, static characteristics, dynamic characteristics, and repeatability. Finally, we installed an adaptive film temperature sensor on the bearing testing machine to measure the temperature of the rolling elements. The results show that the developed temperature sensor has good linearity in the range of 30~180 ℃. The Seebeck coefficient is 40.69 μV/℃, the nonlinear fitting error is less than 0.29%, the maximum repeatability error is less than 4.55%, and the dynamic response time is 1.42 μs. The temperature of the measured rolling elements is 6~10 ℃ higher than that of the outer ring, which can reflect the actual temperature of the bearing operation.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s22082838