Presentations by Luna Innovations
Luna presents papers and posters at technical conferences and tradeshows each year. Below are brief explanations of those presentations. Contact us for more information about our emerging technologies and solutions.
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- Smart Sensor Network for Aircraft Corrosion Monitoring
Corrosion of aircraft and rotorcraft costs the U.S. Military billions of dollars annually, and is the largest single maintenance cost driver for military aircraft. Schedule based inspection and maintenance practices are currently used to manage corrosion. In order to move away from schedule based maintenance and enable condition based maintenance techniques, Luna Innovations Incorporated is developing a smart sensor network to support diagnostics and prognostics for aircraft health management. The sensor network is an ultra-low power, wireless, embedded corrosion monitoring system based on the IEEE-1451.X open architecture for smart transducers. The system, funded through a NAVAIR Phase II SBIR, is capable of monitoring, recording and analyzing data from environmental and corrosivity sensors for the purpose of aircraft health management.
Presented at the U.S. Army Corrosion Summit, February 2010
- Pipeline Process Corrosivity Measurement Using Mechanical Diaphragm Sensors
Traditional corrosion monitoring techniques tend toward those which are suited for cumulative loss measurement (e.g. Electrical Resistance) or rapid corrosion rate measurement (e.g. Linear Polarization Resistance), but generally not both in the same package. Furthermore, electrochemical techniques can be confounded by variations in process conductivity and multiphase flows. A newly developed process corrosivity sensor bridges the gap between traditional ER and LPR sensors by monitoring cumulative mass loss with sufficiently high resolution to permit rapid corrosion rate assessment. The primary sensing element is mechanical in nature, not relying on process conductivity, and is suited to a wide range of processes, such as potable water, oil and gas, chemical, and electric power applications. The corrosion sensing system operates on a diaphragm-based principle, where the diaphragm is a surrogate element that corrodes similarly to the pipeline. Small changes in diaphragm thickness can be detected by monitoring the diaphragm response to the applied pressure intrinsic to the pipeline process. This paper presents laboratory data obtained under representative environmental conditions of the Army field site at which the sensor will be demonstrated.
Presented at CORROSION 2010, March 2010
