Patent Grant
9958342
The present application is the U.S. national stage of International Application PCT/CN2014/086283 filed on Sep. 11, 2014, which in turn claims priority to Chinese Patent Application CN2014103748141 files on Jul. 31, 2014.
The invention relates to a technical field of rapid and accurate temperature measurement, particularly to a noninvasive measuring method for rapid temperature variation under a DC excitation magnetic field, and more particularly to a noninvasive temperature measuring method under a DC excitation magnetic field based on relationship between saturation magnetization of ferromagnetic particles and temperature featuring high time definition and high temperature definition.
Temperature is one of the most basic physical quantities in the nature and temperature measurement is of great importance for cognition of natures of materials in the nature. Rapid temperature measuring method using ferromagnetic particles is a brand new temperature measuring method calculating temperature by detecting magnetization varies of ferromagnetic particles and by certain model relationship, and featuring non-invasion, ultrahigh speed (on nanosecond level) and high accuracy. The temperature measuring method using ferromagnetic particles may be widely used in fields such as laser heating, rapid metal solidification and temperature measurement of motors for its non-invasion and high speed.
Development of engineering technology brings in many heat conduction problems such as ultrashort duration of heat effect, ultrahigh density of transient heat flux and ultrafast temperature variation. Conventional Fourier's Law is no longer applicable for those extraordinary heat conductions of ultrahigh speed, and heat conduction effect not following the Fourier's Law occurring under the extraordinary heat conductions is known as the non-Fourier heat conduction effect. Unfortunately, it is difficult for techniques and devices in prior art to accurately detect temperature variation in such short durations. The problem of ultrashort action duration may be overcome by rapid and noninvasive temperature measurement by ferromagnetic particles and the temperature variation process is monitored for further research.
Particular temperature measuring problems such as pulsating flame temperature measurement in an engine combustion chamber of an aircraft and temperature measurement of high-temperature thermal processing furnace, and welding and casting by high-frequency heating often occur in the field of aerospace, which cannot be resolved effectively by conventional temperature measuring method. Accordingly, temperature measuring devices should feature fast response and high accuracy which can be realized by combining noninvasive rapid temperature measurement by ferromagnetic particles and temperature conduction. Therefore, Noninvasive rapid measuring technology with high accuracy is still an urgent problem to be resolved.
In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an objective of the invention to provide a noninvasive temperature measuring method under a DC excitation magnetic field based on relationship between saturation magnetization of ferromagnetic particles and temperature featuring high time definition and high temperature definition, so as to realize noninvasive temperature measurement with high speed and high accuracy and resolve technical problems of low speed and low precision.
To achieve the above objective, there is provided a noninvasive measuring method for rapid temperature variation under a DC excitation magnetic field, comprising steps of:
calculating temperature T2 after change according to amplitude A of the magnetization variation signal, wherein α is the proportional coefficient of magnetization variation ΔB to spontaneous magnetization variation ΔM, β is amplification factor of a test circuit, N is turns of an inductance coil, S is inner area of the inductance coil, Δt is duration of the temperature changing process, M(T=0) is spontaneous magnetization of the ferromagnetic particles at absolute zero temperature, s is a parameter of the thermal demagnetization curve of a ferromagnetic material, Tc is Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic particles, and M(T=0) and Tc are determined for a defined ferromagnetic particle material, and M1 is the initial spontaneous magnetization of the ferromagnetic particles at temperature T1.
In a class of the embodiment, in step (4), the step of detecting amplitude A of the magnetization variation signal of the ferromagnetic particles after temperature of the measured object varies further comprises:
detecting the magnetization variation signal of the ferromagnetic particles in the measured area using two identical single-layer coils as sensors, wherein one inductance coil α is used as a detecting coil, the measured object is contained therein so that the coil can detect all magnetization variation signals of the measured object, the other inductance coil γ is placed at a symmetrical position in the DC magnetic field using as a reference coil, which receives noise in the circumstance instead of induction signals of the measured object, and a magnetization variation signal of the ferromagnetic particles is detected by inductance coil α, which is processed by a conditioning circuit including a differential amplification circuit along with a signal detected by inductance coil γ, whereby detecting amplitude A of the processed magnetization variation signal.
Advantages of the Invention comprise: 1. The invention realizes noninvasive measurement: compared with invasive temperature measuring method, which causes comparatively large damages and tends to change or interfere with properties of the measured object by probes in spite of being simple and convenient to monitor the temperature in real time accurately and directly, noninvasive temperature measuring method is able to realize high accurate measurement under the condition of being almost physically isolated from the measured object. 2. The invention realizes fast measurement: it is impossible to realize temperature measurement below microsecond in the prior art, comparatively, since theoretical hysteresis caused by spontaneous magnetization of ferromagnetic particles changing with temperature is extremely small (about 10 picoseconds), the invention can realize temperature measurement under temperature variation caused by heat conduction on the above timescale. 3. The invention realizes high accurate measurement: for the test signal corresponds to magnetization variation in the measurement, integral calculation can suppress noise in the measurement effectively in the process of obtaining the temperature so as to enable higher accuracy in temperature measurement.
For clear understanding of the objectives, features and advantages of the invention, detailed description of the invention will be given below in conjunction with accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments are only meant to explain the invention, and not to limit the scope of the invention.
Principle of temperature measurement of ferromagnetic particles is introduced briefly at first for better understanding of the present invention.
When size of a ferromagnetic particle reduces to a certain scale, its ferromagnetic property converts to paramagnetic property and its magnetic property can be described by the Langevin's function: M=φMs(coth(mH/kT)−kT/mH), where Ms is saturation magnetic moment of magnetic nanoparticles, m is averaged magnetic moment of the magnetic nanoparticles, φ is mass of the magnetic nanoparticles (number of the magnetic nanoparticles), k is the Boltzmann's constant, H is an excitation magnetic field, and T is an absolute temperature. Performing Taylor expansion on the Langevin's function, using the AC model, the temperature can be calculated by detecting harmonic waves. However, it is hard to realize measurement with high time definition for it requires that frequency of the AC excitation magnetic field applied to the paramagnetic particles is high enough and magnetization thereof does not attenuate. Response of the paramagnetic nanoparticles is extremely weak and is hard to detect using the DC model. Relationship between spontaneous magnetization of ferromagnetic particles and temperature is determined and can be described by an equation m(τ), no delay occurs in spontaneous magnetization changing with temperature, and therefore selecting ferromagnetic particles as temperature sensitive elements meets the requirement of high time definition in temperature measurement.
For ferromagnetic particles, macro magnetization thereof is formed by distribution of spontaneous magnetization of magnetic domains therein and can be described by the following equation:
where θ1 is an angle between an ith spontaneous magnetization and the magnetic field, and M, is spontaneous magnetization.
Performing temperature measurement by the relationship between residual magnetization and temperature, relationships between residual magnetization and spontaneous magnetization for crystals of different crystal systems are as follows:
The above residual magnetization is obtained by reducing the excitation magnetic field to 0 slowly at a state of saturation magnetization. In practice, polycrystal operates on the demagnetization curve in the second quadrant, which makes the relationship between residual magnetization and temperature more complicated. However, under saturation magnetic field, spontaneous magnetizations point to the magnetic field, and macro magnetization at the moment is linear superposition of spontaneous magnetizations, namely M=Ms. Therefore, to perform temperature measurement with high time definition, a magnetic field should be applied to the ferromagnetic particles enabling them to reach saturation magnetization state at first, and magnetic response caused by a temperature variation is detected, whereby obtaining the temperature variation. Spontaneous magnetization Ms is the most basic character of ferromagnetic materials. In the last century, people took great efforts to theoretically describe the function of spontaneous magnetization Ms with respect to temperature, which ranges from the absolute zero temperature to the Curie temperature. At present, only saturation magnetization (0<τ<1) at T=0 can be estimated, namely Mo calculated based on Density Functional Theory matches best with Mo obtained by experiments in practice. The Curie temperature Tc is calculated based on Density Functional Theory of classical Heisenberg model and Langevin's Rotating Dynamics Theory in some other researches. The classical approximation method (s=∞) is proved inapplicable, especially for calculation of the Curie temperature Tc. As for the equation m(τ), there has been no equation m(τ) solely based on experiment being able to describe all ferromagnetic materials (namely law of corresponding state) effectively in the past half century, which can be explained by a theory based on molecular field that m(τ) merely depends on a dimensionless parameter.
In the past, except for τ→0 and τ→1, no common analytical expression can describe equation m(τ) in the molecular approximation field. However, an accurate expression of equation m(τ) when 0<τ<1 derived by two or three simple energy theorems is published recently, namely m(τ)=[1−sτ3/2−(1−s)τP]1/3, where m is normalized spontaneous magnetization,
M, is spontaneous magnetization, Mo is spontaneous magnetization at the absolute zero temperature, Mo=Ms(T=0), τ is normalized temperature,
Tc is the Curie temperature, s and p are coefficients, p>3/2 and s>0. The equation follows Bloch's 3/2 energy law in low-temperature region. It can be derived from critical state of the Heisenberg model that when τ→0,
and m≈(1−τ)1/3 in the critical area (namely τ→1).
Based on the above technical thoughts, the present invention provides a noninvasive temperature measuring method under a DC excitation magnetic field based on relationship between saturation magnetization of ferromagnetic particles and temperature featuring high time definition and high temperature definition. As in
(1) positioning ferromagnetic particles at a measured object;
A small amount of ferromagnetic particles are placed inside the measured object or coated on the surface of the measured object by certain method so as to not affect the appearance and normal functioning thereof.
(2) applying a DC magnetic field to area of the ferromagnetic particles enabling the ferromagnetic particles to reach saturation magnetization state;
A constant DC magnetic field Hdc=b is applied to area of the ferromagnetic particles enabling the ferromagnetic particles to reach saturation magnetization state. Amplitude of the DC excitation magnetic field having the ferromagnetic particles reach saturation magnetization state is different for different materials.
(3) obtaining steady temperature T1 of the measured object at room temperature, and calculating initial spontaneous magnetization M1, of the ferromagnetic particles according to the steady temperature T1;
Steady temperature T1 of the measured object at room temperature is obtained by device such as a thermocouple or an optical fiber temperature sensor. Saturation magnetization-temperature curve of the ferromagnetic particles is shown in
(4) detecting amplitude A of a magnetization variation signal of the ferromagnetic particles after temperature of the measured object varies, and calculating temperature-after-variation T2according to the amplitude A of the magnetization variation signal;
When particles are ferromagnetic, relationship between spontaneous magnetization thereof and the temperature are determined, namely equation m(τ)=[1−sτ3/2−(1=s)τP]1/3, whereby temperature T of the measured object can be obtained, where m is normalized spontaneous magnetization,
Ms is spontaneous magnetization, Mo is spontaneous magnetization at the absolute zero temperature, Mo=Ms(T=0),
τ is normalized temperature,
Tc is the Curie temperature, s and p are coefficients, p>3/2 and s>0. The equation follows Bloch's 3/2 energy law in low-temperature region. It can be derived from critical state of the Heisenberg model that when τ→0,
and m≈(1−τ)1/3 in the critical area (namely τ→1).
Therefore, temperature T2 after change can be calculated according to spontaneous magnetization M2 after the temperature variation. However, it is impossible to detect M2 directly, instead, amplitude A of the magnetization variation signal and the corresponding duration Δt of the temperature changing process are to be detected to obtain M2.
Rapid temperature measurement is reflected in the time resolution. Temperature variation with changing duration on a nanosecond scale is imposed on the measured object and amplitude of the response signal thereof and the duration are detected by a test system.
Two identical single-layer coils are used as sensors to detect magnetization variation signals of the ferromagnetic particles in the measured area. One inductance coil αis used as a detecting coil, the measured object is contained therein so that the coil can detect all magnetization variation signals of the measured object, and the other inductance coil γ is placed at a symmetrical position in the DC magnetic field using as a reference coil, which receives noise in the circumstance instead of induction signals of the measured object.
An equivalent model of an inductance coil at high frequencies is shown in
For an inductance coil with R=5Ω, L=800pμH and C=20pF, an amplitude-frequency response thereof is shown in
A single-layer coil has high resonant frequency, but is vulnerable to environmental noise with small response and low SNR (Signal Noise Ratio), which is unfavorable for signal extraction. A high-speed instrument amplifier is applied herein to amplify the two signals differentially so as to suppress common mode interference and increase SNR. A high-speed data acquisition apparatus is applied herein correspondingly.
Collecting magnetization variation signals of the ferromagnetic particle reagent in the measured area is carried out as follows. Output signals of the system are constituted by circuit noise and spatial interference when no heat source is applied, and when temperature starts to change, a heat source generates a heat change with a short duration of Δt in the ferromagnetic particle reagent. Inductance coil αis used to collect magnetization variation signals of the ferromagnetic particles, which are processed by a conditioning circuit including a differential amplification circuit along with signals detected by inductance coil γ. The processed signals are collected by a data acquisition card and stored in a computer for subsequent data processing, whereby obtaining a magnetization variation-time curve of the ferromagnetic particles and a waveform of a response signal. Therefore, output amplitude A of each magnetization variation signal processed by the conditioning circuit and its corresponding changing duration Δt are detected.
Amplitude A of a collected signal is reverted to induce electromotive force ϵ, namely
where β is amplification factor of the conditioning circuit.
According to Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction,
where ϵ, is induced electromotive force, N is turns of an inductance coil, ΔΦis magnetic flux variation, Δt is the duration a change takes. Magnetic flux variation ΔΦ can be calculated, and 66Φ=ΔB*S and ΔB=α*αM, where ΔB is magnetization variation, S is area, a is proportional factor, and ΔM is spontaneous magnetization variation, which can be obtained thereby. A correction value ΔMcof the spontaneous magnetization variation due to deviation caused by DC drift of the coil can be obtained by performing median filtering of edge optimization on spontaneous magnetization variation ΔM, whereby obtaining a transient value M2=M1+Mc of spontaneous magnetization after changing with the temperature.
An expression
is derived according to equation m(τ)=[1−sτ3/2−(1 s)τp]1/3, on which inverse calculation is performed to obtain a temperature T2 , and temperature variation ΔT=T2=T1, where tn is time of a nth sampling point, M(to) is calculated by an initial temperature, s is a parameter of the thermal demagnetization curve of a ferromagnetic material, M(T=0 is spontaneous magnetization of the ferromagnetic particles at absolute zero temperature, Tc is Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic particles, and M(T=0) and Tc are determined for a defined material. Therefore, a relationship between M2 and T2 can be derived as follows:
A relationship between the temperature after change and the amplitude of the detected signal can be derived according to the above derivation:
where A is amplitude of the magnetization variation signal after the temperature variation detected by the coils, T2 is temperature-after-variation, 60 is the proportional coefficient of magnetization variation ΔB to spontaneous magnetization variation ΔM, β is amplification factor of a test circuit, N is turns of an inductance coil, S is inner area of the inductance coil, Δt is duration of the temperature changing process, M(T=0) is spontaneous magnetization of the ferromagnetic particles at absolute zero temperature, s is a parameter of the thermal demagnetization curve of a ferromagnetic material, Tc is Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic particles, M(T=0) and Tc are determined for a defined material, and M1 is the initial spontaneous magnetization of the ferromagnetic particles at temperature T1.
In experiment, for temperature variation on nanosecond scale or below are rare in natural environment, thermal pulses generated by an optical fiber laser are applied to the measured object in engineering to produce fast temperature variation. A thermocouple is placed in the same temperature environment as the measured object using as a temperature reference apparatus simultaneously. Temperature changing states (namely temperature changing environment) are provided by an optical fiber laser or other heat source. Duration is represented by t (on nanosecond scale), and power is represented by P.
The optical fiber laser for the experiment can generate a pulsed laser beam with a power of 0˜20W, a pulse width of 200 ns, a rising time of 130 ns and a frequency of 23.3 kHz. When output of a laser is focused by a lens, power density thereof is extremely large. Therefore, due to restriction of the Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic particles, unfocused output is used with a spot size of about 6 mm, which is able to heat the surface of the measured object uniformly.
Response to a single laser impulse detected by a photovoltaic power diode is shown in
Response to a consecutive thermal change by laser in 1 ms detected by the test system is shown in
However, temperature variation by every laser impulse can be clearly recognized by magnetic measurement, namely magnetic measurement is far superior to thermocouple on temperature definition and time definition.
While preferred embodiments of the invention have been described above, the invention is not limited to disclosure in the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. Any varies or modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention fall within the scope of the invention.
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