Telemetry System for Experimental Study of
Ultrasonic Measurement on COVID-19 Situation
Wongsakorn Wongsaroj
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
wongsaroj.w.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
Naruki Shoji
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
shoji.n.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
Hiroshige Kikura
Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear
Energy, Institute of Innovative
Research
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
kikura@lane.iir.titech.ac.jp
Hideharu Takahashi
Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear
Energy, Institute of Innovative
Research
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
htakahashi@lane.iir.titech.ac.jp
work remotely from other places outside the work place has
been considered.
The internet of thing (IoT) [4] is a system of interrelated
computing devices, mechanical and digital machines provided
with unique identifiers (UIDs). It has the ability to transfer
data over a network without requiring human-to-human or
human-to-computer interaction. As this technology, it opens
the opportunity for remoted operation, automation and
telemetry system in several sectors such as industrial [5],
medication [6] or even in for smart home [7]. Therefore, this
platform has a potential significantly to apply for the
execution of experimental work remotely under pandemic
disease circumstance as the COVID-19.
This study presents the telemetry concept to hand on the
experimental activity remotely. The experiment can be
conducted anywhere at the internet is available. The
demonstration is focused on the experiment of the velocity
distribution measurement in the bubbly flow. It is the one of
important parameter of fluid mechanic investigation. The
investigation is conducted by employing the ultrasonic
velocity profiler measurement system.
II. MEASUREMENT DEVCE AND TELEMETRY SYSTEM
A. Ultrasonic velocity profiler
The UVP measurement [8] is an ultrasound-reflection
technique which can obtain the velocity profile of the liquid.
Figure 1 illustrates the UVP configuration, ultrasonic pulse-
echo and velocity profile reconstruction. An ultrasonic pulse
is transmitted from the transducer along the measurement line
to the liquid. The echo signal reflected from moving reflector
such as small particle dispersed in the liquid is derived by the
same transducer. As the ultrasonic wave is emitted repeatedly,
the echo signals are obtained sequentially. Doppler signal
influenced by the velocity of a moving particle can be de-
modulated from the echo signals. The Doppler frequency fD(i)
directly relates to the velocity of the particle (i) is position or
channel). Hence, the velocity of the particle at that position
V(i) can be computed as
θ sin 2
) (
) (
0
f
i cf
i V
D
=
(1)
Abstract—As the COVID-19 situation, the social gathering
and working activity is limited. The research activities and
engineering work has been affected strongly especially the
experimental work. In this paper, the telemetry system concept
is proposed for conducting the experiment remotely outside the
laboratory. The power source of the experimental equipment is
controlled remotely. The experimental execution is observed by
the camera exposing the user to monitor the real time
conducting from the outside. The experiment of velocity profile
measurement on the bubbly flow which is the importance task
in the fluid engineering was demonstrated to confirm the
applicability of the concept. Finally, the experimental result can
be obtained successfully under the remoted experiment.
Keywords—Telemetry, COVID-19, Experiment, Ultrasonic,
I. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, among the high demand of the electrical
energy consumption in the world. The power plant is
established to respond this requirement. The one of electrical
power generation is based on the utilizing of steam power.
This concept is placed on coal, gas combine cycle and nuclear
power plant. However, these power plants must be operated
safely without of the accident. The operation is imperative to
under the safety aspect. The crucial part of the plant operation
according to safety standard and sustainability is the
engineering design. The thermal hydraulic and fluid mechanic
behaviors of the water-steam cycle in the boiling unit of steam
generation is the main section on the occurring of the accident.
It is compulsory to be predicted and optimized accurately by
the numerical model [1, 2]. These behaviors directly
determine the geometry, material and other specification
which affects the safety criteria of the unit. To confirm
reliability of the model, Indispensably, the model validation
by the experimental data is the important task. Hence,
experimental investigation on this behavior is needed [3].
Presently, due to the COVID-19 situation, the social
gathering and working activity in the work place have been
prohibited or at least is minimized. Significantly, it influences
to the activity on the experimental task in the facility placed
on the laboratory or company. As the consequence, the
completion of experiment work is delay. Then, the
engineering design and project execution as well is belated.
Hence, to solve this problem, the conducting of experimental
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