期刊
SENSORS
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s20030729
关键词
triboelectric nanogenerator; self-powered sensor; aero-elastic flutter
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51879022, 51979045, 51906029]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China [3132019037, 3132019197, 3132019196, 3132019330]
- Projects for Dalian Youth Star of Science and Technology [2018RQ12]
A self-powered and low pressure loss gas flowmeter is presently proposed and developed based on a membrane's flutter driven triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). Such a flowmeter, herein named TENG flowmeter, is made of a circular pipe in which two copper electrodes are symmetrically fixed and a nonconductive, thin membrane is placed in the middle plane of the pipe. When a gas flows through the pipe at a sufficiently high speed, the membrane will continuously oscillate between the two electrodes, generating a periodically fluctuating electric voltage whose frequency can be easily measured. As demonstrated experimentally, the fluctuation frequency (f(F)) relates linearly with the pipe flow mean velocity (U-m), i.e., f(F) proportional to U-m; therefore, the volume flow rate Q (=U-m x A) = C(1)f(F) + C-2, where C-1 and C-2 are experimental constants and A is the pipe cross-sectional area. That is, by the TENG flowmeter, the pipe flow rate Q can be obtained by measuring the frequency f(F). Notably, the TENG flowmeter has several advantages over some commercial flowmeters (e.g., vortex flowmeter), such as considerable lower pressure loss, higher sensitiveness of the measured flow rate, and self-powering. In addition, the effects of membrane material and geometry as well as flow moisture on the flowmeter are investigated. Finally, the performance of the TENG flowmeter is demonstrated.
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