TY - GEN
T1 - Material discrimination by heat flow sensing
AU - Katoh, K.
AU - Ichikawa, Y.
AU - Iwase, E.
AU - Matsumoto, K.
AU - Shimoyama, I.
PY - 2009/12/11
Y1 - 2009/12/11
N2 - We propose a heat flow sensing device with a heat source to discriminate a contact object. The device was a three-layered structure separated by 600μm-thick PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) spacer, and consisted of a micro heater and three resistance-temperature detectors (RTD). We detected transient heat flow with pulse-heating method when 10mm-cubic blocks of cork, acrylic and aluminum were on contact with the device. Temperature gradient induced by heat flow differed by materials of contact objects. We also evaluated the surface temperature from two RTDs. Our device identified relative difference in thermal effusivity of materials.
AB - We propose a heat flow sensing device with a heat source to discriminate a contact object. The device was a three-layered structure separated by 600μm-thick PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) spacer, and consisted of a micro heater and three resistance-temperature detectors (RTD). We detected transient heat flow with pulse-heating method when 10mm-cubic blocks of cork, acrylic and aluminum were on contact with the device. Temperature gradient induced by heat flow differed by materials of contact objects. We also evaluated the surface temperature from two RTDs. Our device identified relative difference in thermal effusivity of materials.
KW - Heat flow sensing
KW - Material discrimination
KW - Resistor temperature detector
KW - Thermal effusivity
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U2 - 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285782
DO - 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285782
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:71449103051
SN - 9781424441938
T3 - TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
SP - 1549
EP - 1552
BT - TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
T2 - TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Y2 - 21 June 2009 through 25 June 2009
ER -