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A Liquid-Level Sensor Based on a Hollow Coaxial Cable Fabry-Perot Resonator With Micrometer Resolution
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Chen Zhu
  • Yiyang Zhuang
  • Yizheng Chen
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

For the first time, a hollow coaxial cable Fabry-Perot resonator (FPR)-based liquid-level sensor with centimeter dynamic range and micrometer resolution is proposed and demonstrated. The hollow coaxial cable, as the novel sensing platform, is homemade, in which air replaces the traditional dielectric layer. The FPR consists of two highly reflective reflectors, i.e., an artificial cylindrical steel bar and the air-liquid interface. The liquid level is directly transferred to the cavity length of the FPR, and the cavity length can be calculated by the resonant frequency/wavelength of the resonator. The experimental results show that our prototype liquid-level sensor has a sensitivity of 0.51 mm/mm (resonant wavelength change/liquid level) over a dynamic range of around 200 mm. The temperature dependence was also investigated. The novel liquid-level sensor, with high robustness, ease of fabrication, cost effective, wide dynamic range, and high resolution, is expected to have high potential applications in chemical industry, fuel storage, and water-level monitoring.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Cavity resonators,
  • Coaxial cables,
  • Conductors,
  • Fabry-Perot resonator (FPR),
  • Hollow coaxial cable,
  • Liquid-level sensor,
  • Optical device fabrication,
  • Optical interferometry,
  • Optical resonators,
  • Optical sensors,
  • Wide range.
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12-1-2018
Publication Date
01 Dec 2018
Citation Information
Chen Zhu, Yiyang Zhuang, Yizheng Chen and Jie Huang. "A Liquid-Level Sensor Based on a Hollow Coaxial Cable Fabry-Perot Resonator With Micrometer Resolution" IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement Vol. 67 Iss. 12 (2018) p. 2892 - 2897 ISSN: 0018-9456; 1557-9662
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/16/