Design and operation of a fiber optic sensor for liquid level detection

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 801-812

  Golnabi, Hossein ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Detection; Liquid level; Optical fiber; Sensor

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONICS;

LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0346154851     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(03)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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