Reducing the Lift-Off Effect on Permeability Measurement for Magnetic Plates From Multifrequency Induction Data

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new method to reduce lift-off effects in permeability measurements of magnetic plates using multifrequency induction data, improving accuracy by up to 7.5%.

Contribution

It proposes a compensated zero-crossing frequency index and an algorithm to mitigate lift-off errors in magnetic permeability measurements.

Findings

Permeability error reduced within 7.5%.

Method verified by simulation and experiments.

Improved measurement accuracy for magnetic plates.

Abstract

Liftoff variation causes errors in eddy current measurement of nonmagnetic plates as well as magnetic plates. For nonmagnetic plates, previous work has been carried out to address the issue. In this paper, we follow a similar strategy, but try to reduce the lift-off effect on another index, zerocrossing frequency for magnetic plates. This modified index, termed as the compensated zero-crossing frequency, can be obtained from the measured multifrequency inductance spectral data using the algorithm we developed in this paper. Since the zero-crossing frequency can be compensated, the permeability of magnetic plates can finally be predicted by deriving the relation between the permeability and zero-crossing frequency from Dodd and Deeds method. We have derived the method through mathematical manipulation and verified it by both simulation and experimental data. The permeability error caused by liftoff can be reduced within 7.5%.