A hypothetical investigation of inductive, capacitive and resistive transduction performance of electric energy converters in electricity industry: A review

Abstract

We look at transducers as technological devices that are mostly employed for conversion of energy from one form to another; the latter form of which may or may not be directly related to the original form from where it is converted. In this work a given set of energy transduction apparatus is discussed The various mode of structural composition of these components were x-rayed with effect to showcasing the different mechanisms that lead to the functionality of their respective constituents out of which the transducers are constituted. Among the best examined and the most attention – drawing transducer implement that appealed to our interest for discussion include the resistance transducer, capacitive transducer, inductance transducer etc. We could categorize resistance transducer as a unit composite under which some resistance dependent transducers can be classified. The relative effect of natural resistance properties of some resistance dependent transducers such as potentiometer transducer (e.g. strain gauge, bounded strain gauge), resistance thermometer transducer and thermistor transducers was thoroughly examined, with consideration on the parametric compositions and their respective contributions to the device for resistance transduction effect. Other special feature interestingly and briefly investigated is on the perceptive of their respective mode of energy acquisition for effective operation. As such, Tachogenerator transducers, Photovoltaic transducers, Thermocouple transducers and piezoelectric crystal transducer are characterized as self-generating or self-transducing; meaning that they are actually energetically self-supportive and require no external source to effect transduction. Differential Capacitance Pressure transducer is looked into and functionally elucidated with interest on the movable diaphragm, the middle plate through which the operational principle of the device is largely dependent on the two uniquely formed extreme end voltages of the transducer equipment. We developed some mathematical expressions to enhance a more detailed comprehension of the functional mechanisms.