A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor

A system for measuring liquid level in multiple tanks using optical fiber technology has been developed. Oil field service industry or any sector requiring liquid level measurements in inflammable atmospheres can be benefited from this intrinsically safe technology. Three different models considerin...

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Autores Principales: Vargas, Salvador, Vázquez, Carmen, Gonzalo, Ana Belen, Sánchez Pena, José Manuel
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Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5502/0000/A-plastic-fiber-optic-liquid-level-sensor/10.1117/12.566534.short?SSO=1
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spelling RepoUTP49032021-07-06T15:35:08Z A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor Vargas, Salvador Vázquez, Carmen Gonzalo, Ana Belen Sánchez Pena, José Manuel plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor A system for measuring liquid level in multiple tanks using optical fiber technology has been developed. Oil field service industry or any sector requiring liquid level measurements in inflammable atmospheres can be benefited from this intrinsically safe technology. Three different models considering various effects have been derived and tested on two prototypes. The first model use punctual emitters and divergence, the second model use finite emitters with paraxial approach, and the third model use a constant power rays distribution in the emitters using with each one of the rays the Snell's law, to take in count the optical aberrations. A Monte-Carlo method is used to fit the experimental data and obtain the models parameters. The simplest model is demonstrated to be accurate enough for a proper correlation between the experimental data and the fitted curve in a range of 2 m. A system for measuring liquid level in multiple tanks using optical fiber technology has been developed. Oil field service industry or any sector requiring liquid level measurements in inflammable atmospheres can be benefited from this intrinsically safe technology. Three different models considering various effects have been derived and tested on two prototypes. The first model use punctual emitters and divergence, the second model use finite emitters with paraxial approach, and the third model use a constant power rays distribution in the emitters using with each one of the rays the Snell's law, to take in count the optical aberrations. A Monte-Carlo method is used to fit the experimental data and obtain the models parameters. The simplest model is demonstrated to be accurate enough for a proper correlation between the experimental data and the fitted curve in a range of 2 m. 2018-06-12T19:14:53Z 2018-06-12T19:14:53Z 2018-06-12T19:14:53Z 2018-06-12T19:14:53Z 06/09/2004 06/09/2004 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5502/0000/A-plastic-fiber-optic-liquid-level-sensor/10.1117/12.566534.short?SSO=1 http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4903 http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4903 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess application/pdf text/html
institution Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
collection Repositorio UTP – Ridda2
language Inglés
topic plastic fiber
optic liquid
level sensor
plastic fiber
optic liquid
level sensor
spellingShingle plastic fiber
optic liquid
level sensor
plastic fiber
optic liquid
level sensor
Vargas, Salvador
Vázquez, Carmen
Gonzalo, Ana Belen
Sánchez Pena, José Manuel
A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
description A system for measuring liquid level in multiple tanks using optical fiber technology has been developed. Oil field service industry or any sector requiring liquid level measurements in inflammable atmospheres can be benefited from this intrinsically safe technology. Three different models considering various effects have been derived and tested on two prototypes. The first model use punctual emitters and divergence, the second model use finite emitters with paraxial approach, and the third model use a constant power rays distribution in the emitters using with each one of the rays the Snell's law, to take in count the optical aberrations. A Monte-Carlo method is used to fit the experimental data and obtain the models parameters. The simplest model is demonstrated to be accurate enough for a proper correlation between the experimental data and the fitted curve in a range of 2 m.
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author Vargas, Salvador
Vázquez, Carmen
Gonzalo, Ana Belen
Sánchez Pena, José Manuel
author_sort Vargas, Salvador
title A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
title_short A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
title_full A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
title_fullStr A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
title_full_unstemmed A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
title_sort plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
publishDate 2018
url https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5502/0000/A-plastic-fiber-optic-liquid-level-sensor/10.1117/12.566534.short?SSO=1
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