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Electronic platform: electrical signal translated into (PERC) Power Plant in Orrington, ME TASK 4 – Protective Coatings and Piezoelectric Thin
Films for Improved Sensor Packaging & Performance
microwave acoustics using a piezoelectric substrate PERC Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Power Plant
TASK 5 – Development of Prototype SAW-based Strain
Delay line and resonators: typical SAW structures used for Goal Implement a Wireless Temperature Monitoring Sensor
sensor applications System(s) at the MSW power plant Milestone Planned Completion Milestone Title
Interdigitated transducers (IDTs) used for wave generation; M1 1st quarter of Year 1 Kick-off Meeting with DOE / NETL Program Officer
reflector electrodes used for acoustic wave energy trapping Definition of Target Locations to Install Prototype
M2 4th quarter of Year 1
Wireless HE SAW Sensor System
output W acoustic
interdigital absorber M3 1st quarter of Year 2 Wireless Communication Planning and Testing
June 2017 Monthly Energy Review, U.S. Energy Information Administration transducer
Fabrication of Prototype Wireless HE SAW Sensor
(EIA), DOE/EIA-0035(2017/6)
M4 3rd quarter of Year 2
piezoelectric
System
Coal usage diminishing since the mid-2000s : input
material
Installation of Specific Prototype Sensor System in
interdigital
SAW
M5 4th quarter of Year 2
Coal-fired Variable Operations and Maintenance transducer z x Identified Power Plant Locations
d
Testing of Specific Prototype Sensor System in
(VOM) consistently HIGHER than Natural Gas
acoustic
absorber
y
M6 1st quarter of Year 3
Identified Power Plant Locations
Refinement of Sensor System Performance and
Emissions M7 4th quarter of Year 3
Additional Testing
Busbars