Self-powered wireless through-wall data communication for nuclear environments

Yongjia Wu; Lei Zuo; Suresh Kaluvan; Haifeng Zhang; Nance Ericson; Kyle Reed; Roger Kisner

Self-powered wireless through-wall data communication for nuclear environments

Yongjia Wu, Lei Zuo, Suresh Kaluvan, Haifeng Zhang, Nance Ericson, Kyle Reed, Roger Kisner

Sensors and Electronics

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Abstract

In the nuclear industry, many vital components, such as spent fuel storage canisters and nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPV), are entirely enclosed by metal and surrounded by thick concrete walls that manage the potentially harmful radiation and prevent release to the environment. Due to the casks' long storage, monitoring temperature, pressure, radiation, humidity, structural health, etc., within these enclosed vessels is crucial to ensure the fuel containment safety and security. In this paper, a self-powered wireless through-wall data communication system for nuclear environments was designed. The whole package includes: a radiation energy harvester with power management; ultrasound wireless communication using high-temperature piezoelectric transducers; electronics modules for harvesting, sensing, and data transmission; and radiation shielding for electronics and sensors. The package is able to harvest tens to hundreds of mW power from a nuclear canister environment directly and provides a path forward for continuous monitoring of the dry cask for 50 years.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019
Publisher	American Nuclear Society
Pages	59-75
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9780894487835
State	Published - 2019
Event	11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019 - Orlando, United States Duration: Feb 9 2019 → Feb 14 2019

Publication series

Name	11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019

Conference

Conference	11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	02/9/19 → 02/14/19

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the US Department of Energy NEET Program via Grant #16-10884.

Keywords

Energy harvesting
Harsh-environment electronics
Radiation shielding
Ultrasound communication

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Wu, Y., Zuo, L., Kaluvan, S., Zhang, H., Ericson, N., Reed, K., & Kisner, R. (2019). Self-powered wireless through-wall data communication for nuclear environments. In 11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019 (pp. 59-75). (11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019). American Nuclear Society.

Wu, Yongjia ; Zuo, Lei ; Kaluvan, Suresh et al. / Self-powered wireless through-wall data communication for nuclear environments. 11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019. American Nuclear Society, 2019. pp. 59-75 (11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019).

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Wu, Y, Zuo, L, Kaluvan, S, Zhang, H, Ericson, N , Reed, K & Kisner, R 2019, Self-powered wireless through-wall data communication for nuclear environments. in 11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019. 11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019, American Nuclear Society, pp. 59-75, 11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019, Orlando, United States, 02/9/19.

Self-powered wireless through-wall data communication for nuclear environments. / Wu, Yongjia; Zuo, Lei; Kaluvan, Suresh et al.
11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019. American Nuclear Society, 2019. p. 59-75 (11th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2019).

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