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Optical fiber fuel level sensor for aeronautical applications

Onorato et al., 2017

Document ID
4660723806841309807
Author
Onorato G
Persichetti G
Grimaldi I
Testa G
Bernini R
Publication year
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Sensors and Actuators A: Physical

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An optical fiber fuel level sensor for aeronautical applications is developed and tested. The sensor is based on an array of total internal reflection point sensors multiplexed on a single fiber by optical couplers and simultaneously interrogated by an Optical Time Domain …
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    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level, or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume, indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level, or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume, indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electric or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
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