Fiber-optic arc flash sensor based on plastic optical fibers for simultaneous measurements of arc flash event position

Hoonil Jeong; Youngwoong Kim; Young Ho Kim; Byung Sup Rho; Myoung Jin Kim

doi:10.1117/1.OE.56.2.027103

7 February 2017 Fiber-optic arc flash sensor based on plastic optical fibers for simultaneous measurements of arc flash event position

Hoonil Jeong, Youngwoong Kim, Young Ho Kim, Byung Sup Rho, Myoung Jin Kim

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 56, Issue 2, 027103 (February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.2.027103

Abstract

We present an arc flash sensor that can trace the arc event position as well as intensity by utilizing conventional plastic optical fibers (POFs). In order to check the possibility as a light-receiving sensor, we experimentally confirm that the externally irradiated flash light can be coupled into the fiber core through the surface of POF without any additional treatment. After the incident light is divided in two optical paths toward opposite directions, they have the different attenuation values determined by the propagation distance. Since the optical transmission loss of a POF is constant regardless of the irradiated energy, the intensity ratio for two signals measured at both fiber ends is given as a function of position. The experimental results show that we can successfully trace the event position from this intensity ratio. In addition, it is possible to define the illuminated energy by comparing the absolute value of the intensity measured from one side. According to the experimental results, the proposed sensor has a relatively fine spatial resolution, ±10 cm, despite having a simple structure.

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Hoonil Jeong, Youngwoong Kim, Young Ho Kim, Byung Sup Rho, and Myoung Jin Kim "Fiber-optic arc flash sensor based on plastic optical fibers for simultaneous measurements of arc flash event position," Optical Engineering 56(2), 027103 (7 February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.2.027103

Received: 26 October 2016; Accepted: 17 January 2017; Published: 7 February 2017

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