Fuel Level Sensor Research Articles

Optical fiber fuel level sensor for aeronautical applications

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 Reflectometry approach. Unlike conventional sensors based on total internal reflection, the new design permits to be sensitive to common jet fuels (JetA-1, JP4, JP5, JP7), and also to correctly operate when the sensor is partially or totally exposed to condensed water on the sensor surface. The sensor does not require aircraft calibration or temperature compensation.Experimental results show that an accuracy of±1.5mm could be achieved. The sensor is also able to measure the free water level in the fuel tank.

An optoelectronic fuel level sensor

The block and schematic construction diagrams of a new optoelectronic fuel level sensor are considered. The operating principle of the sensor is based on registering the intensity value of the optical path reflected from the mirror, located on the reservoir bottom.

Design, construction, and implementation of a remote fuel-level monitoring system

This research describes a complete fuel-level monitoring system. The research started with the design and construction of a fuel-level sensor and then was followed by configuration of a remote Aplicom 12 GSM module in order to interface the connected sensor. After the module configuration, monitoring of remote fuel is possible by sending control messages from a compatible mobile phone in order to query the status of the remote fuel sensor (and hence the volume of fuel in the tank). The status message from the module will be sent back via a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network to the mobile phone that sent the query (or control) message.

R-BENCH TOOL을 이용한 상용차용 정전용량 방식의 연료 센서의 소프트웨어 검증 평가

최근 차량이 기계장치 중심에서 전기전자 장치 중심으로 발전하고 있으며, 상용차량 역시 전기전자 장치가 증대되고 있다. 정전용량 방식의 연료 센서는 연료의 레벨을 정전용량 값으로 측정하여 센서 내 MCU 를 통해 연산과정을 거쳐 최종 전압값의 신호로 출력해 주는 센서이다. 기존의 세라믹 저항을 이용한 센서보다 내구성이나 연료 측정 정확성이 향산된 진보된 센서로 센서에 대한 소프트웨어 검증을 위하여 가변 커패시터 보드를 제작하여 R-BENCH TOOL 을 통해 test case 를 자동으로 생성시킨 후 연료센서의 소프트웨어 검증을 시도하였다. 또한 결론으로 98% 이상의 높은 소프트웨어의 신뢰도가 있음을 확인하였다.

Design of Self-Compensated High Accuracy Fuel Level Sensor

A brand new self-compensated capacitive fuel level sensor has been proposed in this paper. Through mathematics manipulation and theoretical analysis, we design the self-compensated structure of capacitive level sensor. The multiple segmentation structure makes compensation for temperature and medium possible. Furthermore, the effect caused by adhesion on the sensor electrodes if the adhesion fails to return initial position when the plane’s attitude is changing has been analyzed. Additionally, based on RF admittance theory, the transducer which can eliminate the adhesion effect has been designed and implemented using phase-locked sampling technique. Through level experiment and data analysis, the fuel level sensor proved to achieve all the destinations, including compensation for temperature and medium and elimination of adhesion effect. Hence, the accuracy of level measurement has been improved.

A Polymer Optical Fiber Fuel Level Sensor: Application to Paramotoring and Powered Paragliding

A low-cost intensity-based polymer optical fiber (POF) sensor for fuel level measurements in paramotoring and powered paragliding is presented, exploiting the advantages of the optical fiber sensing technology. Experimental results demonstrate that the best option can be performed by stripping the fiber at the desired discrete points to measure the fuel level as well as with a gauge-shape fiber bending. The prototype has a good linearity, better than 4% full scale (F.S.), and sensitivity around 0.5 V per bend are obtained. Hysteresis due to residual fluid at the sensing points is found to be less than 9% F.S.

Continuous Fuel Level Sensor Based on Spiral Side-Emitting Optical Fiber

A continuous fuel level sensor using a side-emitting optical fiber is introduced in this paper. This sensor operates on the modulation of the light intensity in fiber, which is caused by the cladding’s acceptance angle change when it is immersed in fuel. The fiber is bent as a spiral shape to increase the sensor’s sensitivity by increasing the attenuation coefficient and fiber’s submerged length compared to liquid level. The attenuation coefficients of fiber with different bent radiuses in the air and water are acquired through experiments. The fiber is designed as a spiral shape with a steadily changing slope, and its response to water level is simulated. The experimental results taken in water and aviation kerosene demonstrate a performance of 0.9 m range and 10 mm resolution.

Simulator for Monitoring the Operations of Range Extender Electric Vehicles

In this paper, the simulator of an on-line monitoring system for the range extender electric vehicle has been developed. The messages from the four control modules, the air pressure and fuel level sensors data, and the on/off switching states of 31 indicator lamps can be received through the control area network (CAN), and displayed on the graphic panel. The simulator was designed using the four DSP boards, variable resistors, and toggle switches instead of the four control modules, sensors, and switching state of indicator lamps on an actual series hybrid electric vehicle (SHEV) bus, respectively. The performance of the monitoring technologies was verified with the simulator at the laboratory, and then it was tested on an actual SHEV bus. The simulator is very useful at the initial development of the monitoring system at the hybrid-type or electrical vehicles.

The Finite Element Analysis in Measurement System of Airplane Fuel Mass

The paper presents the measurement system of the air plane fuel mass consisting of cylinder shell resonating density meter and double cylinders capacitance level meter. The finite element analysis method of ANSYS10.0 is used to analyze the performance of cylinder shell resonator density meter and double cylinders capacitance fuel level sensor. On the base of simulation, the cylinder shell is 45mm in length, 9mm in radius, and 0.08mm in thickness, the material is 3J53; the double cylinders capacitance is 8mm in inside diameter, 23.6mm in outside diameter, and 550 mm in length. The experiments show the uncertainty of cylinder shell resonating density meter is only 0.12%, the uncertainty of double cylinders capacitance level meter is only 0.2%, and the uncertainty of the fuel mass measurement system is 0.4%.

Study on Sensor Signal Filtering Based on Wavelet Energy Entropy

In order to increase the fuel level measurement accuracy in aircraft fuel system, the method of sensor signal filtering based on the wavelet energy entropy was put forward. Using the maximum entropy principle the wavelet energy entropy of high-frequency coefficient vector in each level was calculated while the output signal of sensor was analyzed in wavelet multi-resolution mode. Once the sum of wavelet energy entropy for filtered signal and noise signal is maximum, the filtering effect is much better. At the same time, the result of tests which use simulation signal and fuel level sensor data collected from fuel tank oscillation test are all satisfied, it is show that this method is available.

자동차 센서 모니터링 시스템 개발

We propose a newly developed automobile sensor monitoring system incorporated with a tire pressure monitoring sensor(TPMS). The RF-transmitter based on a tire pressure sensor, sends a frame data about measured tire-pressure to RF receiver. And the various sensing signals based on sensors such as fuel-level sensor, engine oil level sensor and temperature sensors, are converted into 10-bit digital data. The microprocessor displays converting data such as tire pressure, trip distance, fuel quantity, coolant temperature and car-room temperature, on LCD panel. The proposed system can be successfully adapted to monitoring of the tire pressure and various automobile sensors.

Method of monitoring vibrations in vehicles

A method of monitoring for misfire in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle includes sensing vibration of the vehicle by sensing the movement of liquid in a liquid reservoir e.g. by using the fuel level sensor 18 in the fuel tank 12 of the vehicle, determining when the vehicle is being vibrated in such a manner as will affect the misfire detection, and adapting monitoring when such vibration is sensed to avoid incorrect misfire detection.