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Título: ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF PVDF IN PIPES FOR MEASURING WATER FLOW RATE
Autor: KHRISSY ARACELLY REIS MEDEIROS
Colaborador(es): JOSE ROBERTO MORAES D ALMEIDA - Orientador
CARLOS ROBERTO HALL BARBOSA - Coorientador
Catalogação: 09/JAN/2019 Língua(s): PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL
Tipo: TEXT Subtipo: THESIS
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Referência(s): [pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36025&idi=1
[en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36025&idi=2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.36025
Resumo:
The mechanical, rheological and electrical properties of polymer poly (vinylidene fluoride) - PVDF - have been extensively studied, but in particular it is its piezoelectric property that motivates most of the works, since the piezoelectricity occurs in few materials and is more intense in PVDF relative to other polymers. The key factor that defines the range of applications of piezoelectric polymers is their use in the conception of transducers, sensors and actuators. In this sense, the present research analyzes the applicability of the PVDF polymer in pipes for the measurement of water flow rate, using as flow measurement method the Flow Induced Vibration (FIV) technique, considering the peculiar piezoelectric properties of the polymorph PVDF-B(beta). In general, the FIV is a phenomenon that causes instability of the pipes that transport fluids, considered as an operational problem that occurs in many industrial plants. However, this phenomenon has been investigated as a flow rate measurement technique, which considers that the mass of a fluid can be indirectly measured by measuring the acceleration it transmits to another body, so that the standard deviation of the signal of the measured vibration increases with the flow rate, being better adjusted by a second degree polynomial. The work methodology consisted in characterizing the material spectroscopically, using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) techniques; electromechanically, in a mechanical shaker at the Optical Fiber Sensors Laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering Department of PUC-Rio; and finally in a test hydraulic circuit of the Laboratory of Fluid Flow of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of PUC-Rio. Tests were carried out in order to identify the levels of electrical voltages generated by the vibration caused by the passage of water in the PVDF tube. In order to compare the vibration signals, simultaneous measurements were made with accelerometers and a PVDF film. To measure the deformation in the tube, Bragg Network sensors were adopted. The results of the FIV tests allowed concluding that the standard deviation of the voltage signal measured by the PVDF tube is proportional to the flow rate. However, some variables had to be controlled. The uncertainties associated with flow rate measurement by tube showed a considerable reduction in the higher flow rates. On the other hand, in the lower levels of flow rate a very great instability was observed, possibly due to the process of initial mechanical accommodation of the tube. Nevertheless, a strong relationship between the signal generated by the PVDF tube and the flow rate that induced this vibration allowed that the applicability of the PVDF tube as a water flow meter was proved.
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