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 f...

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Autores: Sánchez Montero, David, Contreras Lallana, Pedro, Vázquez García, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/29021
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10115/29021
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:fiber-optic sensor
intensity-based optical sensor
polymer optical fiber
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Sumario: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.