A new ultrasonic temperature measurement system for air conditioners in automobiles

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 413-419

  Liao, Teh Lu ^a   Tsai, Wen Yuan ^a   Huang, Chih Feng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Binary frequency shift keyed signal; Microprocessor; Time of flight; Ultrasonic sensors

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILES; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MICROCOMPUTERS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

PHASE DETECTORS; SINGLE-PASS OPERATIONS;

ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSOR; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER;

EID: 1342308223     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/2/014     Document Type: Article

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