Optical impedance modulation for fuel quantity measurement

OPTICAL IMPEDANCE MODULATION FOR FUEL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT Systems and methods that use an optical impedance sensor (2) that eliminates electricity for measuring fuel quantity in fuel tanks. The optical impedance sensor comprises two optical fibres (4, 6) spaced apart inside a meniscus tube (8), one...

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Hauptverfasser:	TRUONG, Tuong K, GROAT, J. Everett, VENTO, John L, WAHLIN, Sigvard J, CHAN, Eric Y, THOMAS, Todd C, KOSHINZ, Dennis G, HARIRAM, Sham S, NESTING, Richard J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	MEASURING MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL METERING BY VOLUME OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PHYSICS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	OPTICAL IMPEDANCE MODULATION FOR FUEL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT Systems and methods that use an optical impedance sensor (2) that eliminates electricity for measuring fuel quantity in fuel tanks. The optical impedance sensor comprises two optical fibres (4, 6) spaced apart inside a meniscus tube (8), one to transmit light along its length and the other to receive light along its length. The meniscus tube (8) minimizes the sloshing of fuel level. The fuel level in the tank modulates the optical impedance between the two optical fibres, resulting in changes in the total light received by an optical detector (14). Depending on fuel tank height, the optical impedance sensor (2) may comprise different embodiments in which the detection apparatus shapes the light to be unidirectional (emitted and collected only on one side of the fibre) or omnidirectional (all directions).