Air Temperature Distribution Measurement Using Asynchronous-Type Sound Probe

In conventional temperature measurement using a sound probe, the operation beginnings of two acoustic sensors must be completely synchronized to measure time of flight (TOF), tf, because the precision of synchronization determines TOF measurement accuracy. A wireless local area network (LAN) is convenient for constructing a sensing grid; however, it causes a fluctuation in the delay of millisecond order. Therefore, it cannot provide sufficient precision for synchronizing acoustic sensors. In previous studies, synchronization was achieved by a trigger line using a coaxial cable; however, the cable reduces the flexibility of a wireless sensing grid especially in larger-scale measurement. In this study, an asynchronous-type sound probe is devised to compensate for the effect of the delay of millisecond order caused by the network. The validity of the probe was examined, and the air temperature distribution was measured using this means. A matrix method is employed to obtain the distribution. Similar results were observed using both asynchronous-type sound probes and thermocouples. This shows the validity of the use of a sensing grid with an asynchronous-type sound probe for temperature distribution measurement even if the trigger line is omitted.

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