Speaker Bio

Dr. Yong Yan is currently Professor of Electronic Instrumentation and Director of Innovation at School of Engineering, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K. He received the B.Eng. and M.Sc. in instrumentation and control from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in flow measurement from the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, U.K., in 1992. He has published over 210 papers in scientific journals with an h-index of 47 and 8300+ citations. In recognition of his contributions to particle flow metering and burner flame imaging he was named an IEEE Fellow in 2011 and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2020. He is a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) appointed by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

闫勇博士现任英国肯特大学工程学院教授、科研创新主管、仪表与控制研究中心主任。1985年获清华大学工业仪表及自动化专业学士学位。1988年获清华大学自动化仪表与装置专业硕士学位并留校任教。1989年赴英国从事气固两相流测量研究，于1992年获英国提赛德大学博士学位。他的研究方向包括传感器、仪器仪表、测量系统及状态监测。他已发表学术期刊论文210余篇，h-index 47，引用次数8300多。他已在顶级学术期刊 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)上共发表论文50多篇，是全英国有史以来在该期刊发表论文最多的学者。鉴于他在仪表与测量领域的突出成就，他于2011年当选为IEEE Fellow，于2020年当选为英国皇家工程院院士。他是IEEE仪表与测量学会的Distinguished Lecturer 。

Abstract

Over the past three decades a wide range of electrostatic sensors have been developed and utilized for the continuous monitoring and measurement of various industrial processes. Electrostatic sensors enjoy simplicity in structure, cost-effectiveness and suitability for a variety of process conditions. They either provide unique solutions to some measurement challenges or offer more cost-effective or complementary options to established sensors such as those based on acoustic, capacitive, electromagnetic or optical principles. The established or potential applications of electrostatic sensors appear wide ranging, but the underlining sensing principle and system characteristics are similar. This presentation will review the recent advances in electrostatic sensors and associated signal processing algorithms for industrial measurement and monitoring applications. The fundamental sensing principle and characteristics of electrostatic sensors will be introduced. A number of practical applications of electrostatic sensors will be presented. These include pulverized fuel flow metering, linear and rotational speed measurement, condition monitoring of mechanical systems, and advanced flame monitoring. Results from recent experimental and modelling studies as well as industrial trials of electrostatic sensors will be reported.  

在过去的三十年里，各种各样的静电传感器已经被开发出来，并被用于各种工业过程的连续监测和测量。静电传感器结构简单，性价比高，适用于各种工艺条件。它们要么为一些测量挑战提供独特的解决方案，要么为现有的传感器(如基于声学、电容、电磁或光学原理的传感器)提供更具成本效益或补充选项。静电传感器已经建立或潜在的应用范围很广，但基本的传感原理和系统特性是相似的。本报告将回顾工业测量和监测应用中静电传感器和相关信号处理算法的最新进展并介绍静电传感器的基本传感原理和特点。本次报告将介绍静电传感器的一些实际应用，这些包括粉碎燃料流量计量、线性和转速测量、机械系统状态监测和先进的火焰监测，并将展示最新的实验和模拟研究以及静电传感器的工业试验的结果。