All-silicon carbide hybrid wireless-wired optics temperature sensor network basic design engineering for power plant gas turbines

International Journal of Optomechatronics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a   Sheikh, Mumtaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme environments; Gas turbines; Optical sensor; Silicon carbide; Temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; AIR TURBULENCE; DESIGN ENGINEERING; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERFEROMETRIC NOISE; MAGNESIUM FLUORIDE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NOVEL DESIGN; OPTICAL WEDGES; PARTIAL VACUUM; ROBUST PERFORMANCE; SENSOR SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE PROBES;

DESIGN; ECOLOGY; GAS TURBINES; LASER BEAMS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROBES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SILICON CARBIDE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TURBOMACHINERY;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 77951569843     PISSN: 15599612     EISSN: 15599620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15599611003650008     Document Type: Article

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