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Article Citation Count: 11Anomaly detection with low magnetic flux: A fluxgate sensor network application(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2016) Nazlıbilek, Sedat; Coramik, Mustafa; Kabadayi, Murat; Citak, Hakan; Kalender, Osman; Yuruklu, Emrah; Nazlibilek, Sedat; Department of Mechatronics EngineeringRecent studies on remote detection methods were mostly for improving variables like sensing distance, sensitivity and power consumption. Especially using anisotropic magneto-resistive sensors with low power consumption and high sensitivity for detecting subsurface magnetic materials became very popular in last decades. In our study, for detecting subsurface materials, we have used fluxgate sensor network for having even higher sensitivity and also minimizing the power consumption by detecting the changing rates of horizontal component of earth's magnetic flux which is assumed to be very low. We have constituted a magnetic measurement system which comprises a detector system, which has a mechanism enables sensors to move in 3-D space, a data acquisition module for processing and sending all sensor information, and a computer for running the magnetic flux data evaluation and recording software. Using this system, tests are carried out to detect anomalies on horizontal component of earth's magnetic flux which is created by different subsurface materials with known magnetic, chemical and geometric properties. The harmonics of horizontal component of earth's magnetic flux in scanned area are analyzed by the help of DSP Lock-In amplifier and the amplitudes of high variation harmonics are shown as computer graphics. Using the graphic information, the upside surface geometry of subsurface material is defined. For identifying the magnetic anomalies, we have used the scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT)-binary robust invariant scalable keypoints (BRISKs) as keypoint and descriptor. We used an algorithm for matching the newly scanned image to the closest image in database which is constituted of mines and possible other metal objects like cans, etc. Results show that, if the proposed detection system is used instead of metal detectors which cannot distinguish mines from other metal materials and alert for every type of metal with different geometries, it can be said that miss alarm count, work force and time can be decreased dramatically. In this paper, mostly the setup of the system is described and in Appendix A some experimental outputs of the system for different geometries of metal samples are given. And also for comparing the results of the proposed system, additional experiments are carried out with a different type of sensor chip, namely KMZ51, and also given in Appendix A. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article Citation Count: 13A new axial flux permanent magnet synchronous alternator autonomously adapted to wind speeds(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2015) Kalender, Osman; Ege, Yavuz; Eskidere, Omer; Karen, Idris; Gurdal, Osman; Unal, Cevat; Kabadayi, MuratIn this study, a new axial flux permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSA) design and prototyping procedures are presented. It is composed of a stack of rotor-stator blocks on the same shaft. In other words, it is made up of four alternators based on axial flux permanent magnets that can generate electrical energy within the limits of rotor rotational speed with varying wind speeds. A control system is also introduced to the generator. The control system connects or disconnects the stator blocks to the load according to the changing speeds of the wind. It produces electrical energy with stable voltage, frequency and variable power at the output. The efficiency of the generator is tested with different load and speed conditions. It is observed that the efficiency is high when the speed is low in case the load is connected only one stator. The efficiency is high when the speed is above 200 rpm for the case where several stators are connected to the load. It can be seen that the incremental structure of the generator is suitable for changing speeds of the wind. It can have high efficiency for both low and high speeds with changing the number of stator blocks connected to the load. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.