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Motor vehicle fuel analyzer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:516912
A gas detecting system is described for classifying the type of liquid fuel in a container or tank. The system includes a plurality of semiconductor gas sensors, each of which differs from the other in its response to various organic vapors. The system includes a means of processing the responses of the plurality of sensors such that the responses to any particular organic substance or mixture is sufficiently distinctive to constitute a recognizable ``signature``. The signature of known substances are collected and divided into two classes based on some other known characteristic of the substances. A pattern recognition system classifies the signature of an unknown substance with reference to the two user-defined classes, thereby classifying the unknown substance with regard to the characteristic of interest, such as its suitability for a particular use. 14 figs.
Research Organization:
Lockheed Martin Energy Syst Inc
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,654,497/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-655,664
OSTI ID:
516912
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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