Load sensing system
Abstract
A load sensing system inexpensively monitors the weight and temperature of stored nuclear material for long periods of time in widely variable environments. The system can include an electrostatic load cell that encodes weight and temperature into a digital signal which is sent to a remote monitor via a coaxial cable. The same cable is used to supply the load cell with power. When multiple load cells are used, vast inventories of stored nuclear material can be continuously monitored and inventoried of minimal cost. 4 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 350333
- Patent Number(s):
- 5900592
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-919,949
- Assignee:
- Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 4 May 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; WEIGHT INDICATORS; MONITORS; ELECTRIC CABLES; DESIGN; DIGITAL SYSTEMS; INVENTORIES; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Citation Formats
Sohns, C W, Nodine, R N, and Wallace, S A. Load sensing system. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Sohns, C W, Nodine, R N, & Wallace, S A. Load sensing system. United States.
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"Load sensing system". United States.
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abstractNote = {A load sensing system inexpensively monitors the weight and temperature of stored nuclear material for long periods of time in widely variable environments. The system can include an electrostatic load cell that encodes weight and temperature into a digital signal which is sent to a remote monitor via a coaxial cable. The same cable is used to supply the load cell with power. When multiple load cells are used, vast inventories of stored nuclear material can be continuously monitored and inventoried of minimal cost. 4 figs.},
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