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Propellant Sensors
Tracking Your Sensors
Do you worry about health monitoring of solid
propellants and the issues associated with solid
rocket motor (SRM) reliability and lifecycle costs?
Do you wish you had accurate data to help you predict unexpected failures and instabilities? Do you need
to know when to retire or extend the life of SRMs?
AgeAlert sensors for solid propellants are currently in development. These sensors will
provide objective data to help you make informed decisions about when it’s time to replace
solid rocket motors (SRMs) – before the motor fails unexpectedly. You improve reliability
and save money because you replace only when necessary (not before – or after).
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Research conducted by Polymer Aging Concepts working in concert with Georgia Tech
demonstrates the feasibility of using AgeAlert as a real-time, non-destructive sensor which
accurately tracks chemical and physical degradation of solid rocket motor (SRM)
propellants.
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The AgeAlert sensor mounts external to the propellant and tracks degradation automatically
(works passively, in real time and without electrical power until interrogated). The sensor
degrades in the same way under the same environment as the propellant binder, thus
yielding objective data on the remaining life of the propellant.
The AgeAlert sensor does not require embedment in the propellant. AgeAlert technology is
also applicable to gun propellants used in ammunition and munitions.
AgeAlert sensors can be integrated into stand-alone smart labels or connected to existing
wired or wireless health monitoring systems.
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Unlike most predictive maintenance technologies, the AgeAlert sensors actually track the condition of a product (such as motor or generator
insulation) automatically, in-situ and in real time, helping you predict failure in advance.
Currently available AgeAlert® sensors help you
predict when to replace the insulation in motors,
generators, or dry transformers - before failure
occurs.
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Behind the Scenes
AgeAlert sensors (developed by Polymer Aging
AgeAlert's technology partners
Concepts, Inc.) track the age or degradation of the help us focus and refine the
research and development of this
component based on actual environmental conditions.
cutting-edge product degradation
monitor (condition monitor).
The AgeAlert sensors provide real-time, in-situ condition
monitoring - helping you reduce unplanned shutdowns or
outages.
AgeAlert sensors for wire, cable, industrial rubber and
solid propellants are in the research phase and these
sensors will be available in the future.
AgeAlert has been developed by Polymer Aging Concepts, Inc. (PAC) with the assistance
of Georgia Institute of Technology, government sponsors and major industrial equipment
suppliers. An industrial instrument supplier has provided invaluable guidance and support
in the successful testing of AgeAlert as the first in-situ sensor to track the degradation of
critical nuclear reactor coolant pump insulation. A major oil company is funding an R&D
effort to make AgeAlert a condition monitoring system for vital oil transfer equipment.
Because the AgeAlert sensor is a very simple degradation monitor that works passively
(without batteries until interrogation), it can be an excellent tool in your condition monitoring
toolbox.
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How AgeAlert Works
Behind the Scenes
AgeAlert is a low-cost conductive composite sensor, which precisely measures
the degradation state of virtually any degradable product. Because the AgeAlert
sensor is usually embedded in the product, it “sees” the same environment as the
product.
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The AgeAlert sensor tracks the
product’s condition automatically
(works in real time and without
batteries until it’s interrogated) and
in-situ (in place). In other words, the
sensor monitors degradation all the
time and it requires no power source
until it’s interrogated. In addition, it
“sees” the same environmental
conditions as the product it
monitors.
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As the product ages, the polymeric components of the product shrink very slightly.
Minute changes in the product’s shrinkage during aging provide large changes in
the AgeAlert sensor’s resistance output (Research conducted by Georgia Tech
and Polymer Aging concepts, Inc.)
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