This thesis presents a unique design for an infrared spectrometer based on a MEMS Binary Fresnel Zone Plate for the purpose of assessing the health of oil-impregnated high voltage (HV) equipment. It does so by measuring dissolved gases within it. These gases include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene. These gases are currently measured using numerous technologies such as gas combustion, gas chromatography, photoacoustic spectroscopy, and FTIR spectroscopy. Each of these technologies have their advantages and disadvantages. The design presented in this thesis consists of an analysis of how the various Binary Zone Plate parameters affect its spectral resolution and transmission efficiency. Simulations show that increasing the number of zones and the focal length, as well as decreasing the aperture diameter, increases the spectral resolution of the spectrometer. Simulations also show that transmission efficiency is proportional to the number of zones and the aperture diameter. This thesis presents a theoretical argument for how one zone plate lens can be used to measure all dissolved gases present in HV equipment. Lenses for the visible and infrared ranges were fabricated in the University of Manitoba NSFL Cleanroom. The lenses were then tested in an optical setup. The results show that the visible light experiments were successful in achieving appropriate spectral discrimination by changing the distance between the aperture and the lens. The results from the infrared experiment show that a detector was able to discriminate between full and no incident radiation. / May 2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/32165 |
| Date | 23 March 2017 |
| Creators | Glowacki, Pawel |
| Contributors | Shafai, Cyrus (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Sherif, Sherif (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Paliwal, Jitendra (Biosystems Engineering) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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