Direct-bonding of piezoelectric transducers for high temperature structural health monitoring

在该项目中，Ionix Advanced Technologies和斗山巴布科克将测试制造一种新型传感器的可行性，该传感器用于监测发电站和石油天然气行业中高温工厂的完整性。新的传感器设计要求将压电陶瓷材料直接粘接在被监测容器或管道的钢材上。由于目前陶瓷与钢的粘接方法不能令人满意，该项目将研究3种新的制造方法。新的传感器通过该流程实现，将允许持续监测和检测运行中工厂的腐蚀和裂缝，而无需关闭部署这些传感器的工厂。这将同时提高安全性和可靠性，同时降低运营商和消费者的成本。

In this project, Ionix Advanced Technologies and Doosan Babcock will test the feasibility of manufacturing a new type of sensor for monitoring the integrity of high temperature plant used in power stations and the oil & gas industry. The new sensor design requires a piezoelectric ceramic material to be bonded directly to the steel of the vessel or pipe to be monitored. As current methods for bonding the ceramic to steel are unsatisfactory, the project will investigate 3 new manufacturing methods. The new sensors enabled by theis process will allow continuous monitoring and detection of corrosion and cracks in operational plant without the need to shutdown the plant on which they are deployed. This will simultaneously improve safety and reliability whilst reducing costs to the operator and consumers.