| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and methods that use an optical impedance sensor that eliminates an electrical system for measuring the fuel quantity in fuel tanks.SOLUTION: The optical impedance sensor comprises two optical fibers separate inside a meniscus tube, one to transmit light along its length and the other to receive light along its length. The meniscus tube minimizes the sloshing of the fuel level. The fuel level in the tank modulates the optical impedance between the two optical fibers, resulting in changes in the total light received by an optical detector. Depending on fuel tank height, the optical impedance sensor may comprise different embodiments in which the detection apparatus shapes the light to be unidirectional (emitted and collected only on one side of the fiber) or omnidirectional.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 |
