A Hot Buried Object Detection Technique Using a Temperature Sensor

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Vol. 131, Issue 8, August 2011, pp.68-74

A Hot Buried Object Detection Technique Using a Temperature Sensor

**Apik Rusdiarna Indra PRAJA and ^*Hariyadi SOETEDJO**

Study Program of Physics (Electronics and Instrumentations), and Center for Integrated Research and Innovation (CIRNOV–UAD),

The University of Ahmad Dahlan,

Jl. Cendana No 9A, Yogyakarta 55166, Indonesia

^*Tel.: +62-274-563515 ext 1613, fax: +62-274-564604

E-mail: hariyadi@uad.ac.id

Received: 30 May 2011 /Accepted: 22 August 2011 /Published: 30 August 2011

Abstract: Self-construction of a hot object detection system has been prepared by using a commercialized temperature sensor (connected to the computer for data collection) to monitor any temperature changes produced by an object buried in the medium (sand). The monitoring was carried out based on real time measurements. For this work, the sensor has been varied its depth (the distance from the sensor to the hot object). From the experimental result, it was found that the apparatus could perform appropriately for the detection. This apparatus set up is potentially to be developed for human rescues detection of any foreign object including survivors buried in the ground caused by natural disaster of earthquake and volcanic eruption.

Keywords: Temperature sensor, Buried object, Rescue, Thermal conductivity

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A Hot Buried Object Detection Technique Using a Temperature Sensor

Apik Rusdiarna Indra PRAJA and *Hariyadi SOETEDJO

**Apik Rusdiarna Indra PRAJA and ^*Hariyadi SOETEDJO**