Piston data telemetry in internal combustion engines
Ebrahimi, Kambiz M. Lewalski, Antosh Pezouvanis, Antonios Mason, Byron A.
Ebrahimi, Kambiz M.
Lewalski, Antosh
Pezouvanis, Antonios
Mason, Byron A.
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2014
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Measuring piston crown temperature and pressure during engine development cycle is paramount. This paper presents a new development in short distance telemetry system which includes an on board power generation device. A mechatronic data acquisition system is developed whereby signal conditioning is performed by a module inside the piston and the signal passed to a Bluetooth transmitter module for wireless telemetry to a Bluetooth receiver located in very close proximity, connected to an external host PC. The Data Acquisition Bluetooth module integrates a microcontroller that reads the conditioned sensor signal and performs any other required functionality. The microcontroller firmware includes a server that collates the data and transmits them via Bluetooth to the host PC to display via a client interface. An independent power supply consisting of a rotor incorporating NdFeB magnets and a wire wound stator. As the crankshaft rotates the rotor induces an AC voltage into the stator. A rectifying circuit converts the AC voltage into a regulated DC output voltage that drives the signal conditioning and embedded Bluetooth circuits.
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Ebrahimi KM, Lewalski A, Pezouvanis A et al (2014) Piston data telemetry in internal combustion engines. American Journal of Sensor Technology. 2(1): 7-12.
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