Non-contact opto-fluidics-based liquid level sensor for harsh environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7675, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a   Reza, Syed Azer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Harsh Environments; Liquid Level Sensors; Optical Sensors

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS; FREE SPACE; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; LASER SOURCES; LIQUID LEVEL SENSORS; NON-CONTACT; NON-INTRUSIVE; OPTICAL POWER; OPTO-FLUIDICS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER LEVELS; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; TOXIC LIQUIDS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUIDICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SENSORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77953791918     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.849730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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