Motor vehicle fuel analyzer
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 516912
- Patent Number(s):
- 5654497
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-655,664
- Assignee:
- Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 5 Aug 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 02 PETROLEUM; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; LIQUID FUELS; GAS ANALYSIS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; DESIGN; PATTERN RECOGNITION
Citation Formats
Hoffheins, B S, and Lauf, R J. Motor vehicle fuel analyzer. United States: N. p., 1997.
Web.
Hoffheins, B S, & Lauf, R J. Motor vehicle fuel analyzer. United States.
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"Motor vehicle fuel analyzer". United States.
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title = {Motor vehicle fuel analyzer},
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abstractNote = {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.},
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