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TY - PAT
T1 - Environmental control system fluid sensing system and method
AU - Matsiev, L
AU - Kolosov, Oleg
AU - Uhrich, M
AU - Rust, William
AU - Feland, John
AU - Varni, John
AU - Walker, Blake
PY - 2005/7/7
Y1 - 2005/7/7
N2 - A sensor system and method for analyzing a fluid contained within an environmental control system, comprising the steps of providing a system including a passage for containing a thermal change fluid; placing a sensor including a mechanical resonator in the passage; operating the resonator to have at least a portion thereof translate through the fluid; and monitoring the response of the resonator to the fluid in the passage. A preferred sensor includes a tuning fork resonator.
AB - A sensor system and method for analyzing a fluid contained within an environmental control system, comprising the steps of providing a system including a passage for containing a thermal change fluid; placing a sensor including a mechanical resonator in the passage; operating the resonator to have at least a portion thereof translate through the fluid; and monitoring the response of the resonator to the fluid in the passage. A preferred sensor includes a tuning fork resonator.
KW - sensors
KW - fluid properties
KW - density
KW - viscosity
KW - resonator
KW - tuning fork
M3 - Patent
M1 - US 2005/0145019 A1
ER -