[특허]Fuel gaging system

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Fuel gaging system

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G01F-023/26
미국특허분류(USC)	364/509; 073/304.C; 073/290.R; 340/618; 340/620; 361/284; 364/571
출원번호	US-0444241 (1982-09-30)
국제출원번호	PCT/US82/01385 (1982-09-30)
§371/§102 date	[Act 371]19820930 ([Act 101]19820930)
국제공개번호	WO84/01428 (1984-04-12)
발명자 / 주소	Brasfield, Robert G.
출원인 / 주소	The Boeing Company
대리인 / 주소	Hamley, James P.Donahue, Bernard A.
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 20 인용 특허 : 7

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A fuel gaging system of the type wherein the capacitance of a probe (20) within the fuel tank is used as an indication of fuel quantity via an assumed density/dielectric constant relationship (10) of the fuel. System accuracy is improved by directly measuring fuel density and dielectric constant. These values are compared with the assumed values in a processor (68) which generates an appropriate gaging correction signal in response to a discrepancy.

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1. In a fuel gaging system wherein fuel quantity is determined by measuring the capacitance of a capacitive probe in the fuel tank and relating such capacitance to fuel mass by a predetermined fuel density/fuel dielectric constant relationship, the improvement comprising: means for producing a signal K representative of the actual dielectric constant of the fuel; means for producing a signal D A representative of the actual density of the fuel; and processor means for processing said K and D A signals and determining whether said predetermined relationship is valid for the particular fuel in the tank and, if said predetermined relationship is invalid, applying a predetermined correction signal to said gaging system such that said system indicates actual fuel mass. 2. In the system of claim 1 wherein said fuel gaging system is subject to error due to the attitude of the system, the improvement further comprising: means for producing an attitude signal representative of the attitude of the system; and wherein said processor means is responsive to said attitude signal such that said predetermined correction signal corrects for said attitude error. 3. Apparatus for producing an indication of the quantity of fuel in a tank comprising: a capacitive fuel probe in the tank, the probe exhibiting a capacitance which is a function of fluid level in the tank and of the dielectric constant of the fuel; a compensator capacitor connected in series with said capacitive fuel probe and positioned in the tank such that it is wetted by fuel for all fuel levels, the compensator capacitor exhibiting a capacitance which is a function of the dielectric constant of the fuel; means for applying a predetermined level periodic A.C. signal to the free end of the capacitive fuel probe; variable signal means for applying a 180° phase shifted variable level of said periodic A.C. signal to the free end of the compensator capacitor; means for controlling the signal level produced by said variable signal means such that a signal null is produced at the junction of the capacitive fuel probe and the compensator capacitor, the level of signal produced by the variable signal means being indicative of fuel quantity in the tank; means for determining the actual dielectric constant K of the fuel, said means including means for producing a sense signal in quadrature with said periodic A.C. signal and applying said sense signal to said compensator capacitor and further means for processing said sense signal and determining said dielectric constant K in response thereto; means for determining the actual density D A of the fuel; and correction signal means for producing a correction signal responsive to the actual dielectric constant and density of the fuel and using said signal as a correction factor to the fuel quantity indication. 4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein: the means for determining the actual dielectric constant of the fuel includes: (a) means for producing a fixed level sense signal in quadrature with said periodic A.C. signal; (b) means for multiplexing the variable level periodic A.C. signal applied to the free end of the compensator capacitor with said sense signal; (c) sense signal means for applying a 180° phase shifted variable level of said sense signal to the junction of the capacitive fuel probe and the compensator capacitor; and (d) control means for controlling said sense signal level means such that the level of signal produced thereby is nulled by that portion of the fixed level sense signal coupled through the compensator capacitor, said control means including means for producing a signal representative of the actual dielectric constant of the fuel responsive to the level of the variable signal required to produce said null. 5. The apparatus of either of claims 3 or 4 wherein said apparatus is subject to error due to the attitude of the apparatus, the apparatus further comprising: means for determining the attitude of the apparatus; and wherein said correction signal means includes means for responding to said determined attitude of the apparatus and varying said correction signal in response thereto to correct the fuel indication for the attitude error. 6. The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising means operable in a full adjust calibration mode for: (a) simulating the capacitance produced by the fuel probes as that capacitance representative of a full tank, with a predetermined nominal dielectric constant of the fuel; (b) determining the actual dielectric constant of the fuel; (c) comparing said actual dielectric constant with the predetermined dielectric constant; (d) producing a signal representative of the full tank level responsive to the result of comparison step (c); (e) setting the fuel indication apparatus to read the "full" value responsive to said signal produced in step (d). 7. In the system of claim 6 wherein said fuel gaging system is subject to error due to the attitude of the system, the method further comprising the step of: (d) producing an attitude signal representative of the attitude of the system; and wherein said step (c) further comprises the step of responding to said attitude signal such that said predetermined correction signal corrects for said attitude error. 8. The apparatus of either of claims 3 or 4 further comprising: means for determining the stray capacitance in parallel with said compensator capacitor and storing the value as C stray ; means for determining the total capacitance across said compensator capacitor with said compensator capacitor dry and storing the value as C dry ; means for storing the wetted capacitance of said capacitive fuel probe as C wet ; means for calculating the actual dielectric constant K of the fuel as; ##EQU## means for determining an inferred value, D I, of fuel density from the calculated value of K; and said correction signal means comparing said inferred density D I with the actual density D A and producing said correction signal in response thereto. 9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising means operable in a full adjust calibration mode for: (a) simulating the capacitance produced by the fuel probe as that capacitance representative of a full tank, with a predetermined nominal dielectric constant of the fuel; (b) determining the actual dielectric constant of the fuel; (c) comparing said actual dielectric constant with the predetermined dielectric constant; (d) producing a signal representative of the full tank level responsive to the result of comparison step (c); and (e) setting the fuel indication apparatus to read the "full" value responsive to said signal produced in step (d). 10. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the means for determining an inferred value of fuel density includes means for calculating said inferred value as: ##EQU## where a and b are predetermined constants. 11. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising means operable in a full adjust calibration mode for: (a) simulating the capacitance produced by the fuel probe as that capacitance representative of a full tank, with a predetermined nominal dielectric constant of the fuel; (b) determining the actual dielectric constant of the fuel; (c) comparing said actual dielectric constant with the predetermined dielectric constant; (d) producing a signal representative of the full tank level responsive to the result of comparison step (c); and (e) setting the fuel indication apparatus to read the "full" value responsive to said signal produced in step (d). 12. The apparatus of either of claims 8 wherein said apparatus is subject to error due to the attitude of the apparatus, the apparatus further comprising: means for determining the attitude of the apparatus; and wherein said correction signal means includes means for responding to said determined attitude of the apparatus and varying said correction signal in response thereto to correct the fuel indication for the attitude error. 13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising means operable in a full adjust calibration mode for: (a) simulating the capacitance produced by the fuel probes as that capacitance representative of a full tank, with a predetermined nominal dielectric constant of the fuel; (b) determining the actual dielectric constant of the fuel; (c) comparing said actual dielectric constant with the predetermined dielectric constant; (d) producing a signal representative of the full tank level responsive to the result of comparison step (c); (e) setting the fuel indication apparatus to read the "full" value responsive to said signal produced in step (d). 14. In a fuel gaging system wherein fuel quantity is determined by measuring the capacitance of a capacitive probe in the fuel tank and relating such capacitance to fuel mass by a predetermined fuel density/fuel dielectric constant relationship, a method for correcting fuel gaging errors due to a deviation of the actual fuel in the tank from said predetermined relationship, the method comprising the steps of: (a) producing a signal K representative of the actual dielectric constant of the fuel; (b) producing a signal D A representative of the actual density of the fuel; and (c) processing said K and D A signals and determining whether said predetermined relationship is valid for the particular fuel in the tank and, if said predetermined relationship is invalid, applying a predetermined correction signal to said gaging system such that said system indicates actual fuel quantity.

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