B6.3 Towards Standalone Attitude Estimation for Instrumented Flow Followers

Event
SMSI 2021
2021-05-03 - 2021-05-06
digital
Band
SMSI 2021 - Sensors and Instrumentation
Chapter
B6 Flow Measurement
Author(s)
L. Buntkiel, S. Reinecke - Helmholtz-Zentrum, Dresden (Germany), U. Hampel - Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (Germany)
Pages
141 - 142
DOI
10.5162/SMSI2021/B6.3
ISBN
978-3-9819376-4-0
Price
free

Abstract

A concept for 3D-motion tracking of instrumented flow-following sensor particles, equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer and pressure sensor, has been developed. Consisting of an error state Kalman filter (ESKF) the algorithm can track the attitude of the sensor particle in relation to a reference coordinate system. In this short paper we investigated if the estimated attitude returns to the reference trajectory after experiencing motion similar to a motion that is expected to be found in the multidisperse fluid flows of a biogas fermenter or a waste water treatment basin. Results show the feasibility of the proposed method. However, the strategy of the measurement update in the ESKF needs improvement.

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