Mass Gauging Demonstrator for Any Gravitational Conditions

The present invention is a mass gauging interferometry system used to determine the volume contained within a tank. By using an optical interferometric technique to determine gas density and/or pressure a much smaller compression volume or higher fidelity measurement is possible. The mass gauging in...

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Published inNASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Misc. Resources
Main Authors Korman, Valentin, Pedersen, Kevin W, Witherow, William K
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Hampton NASA/Langley Research Center 17.09.2013
Subjects
Beams (radiation)
Gaging
Gas density
Interferometry
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Summary:The present invention is a mass gauging interferometry system used to determine the volume contained within a tank. By using an optical interferometric technique to determine gas density and/or pressure a much smaller compression volume or higher fidelity measurement is possible. The mass gauging interferometer system is comprised of an optical source, a component that splits the optical source into a plurality of beams, a component that recombines the split beams, an optical cell operatively coupled to a tank, a detector for detecting fringes, and a means for compression. A portion of the beam travels through the optical cell operatively coupled to the tank, while the other beam(s) is a reference.
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