A fuel gauging sensing device (100) for a fuel tank (150) for aircrafts, the device (100) comprising an optical fibre harness (105) established along the internal surface of the tank (150), a master optical controller (115a) connected to a first terminal of the optical fibre harness (105), a slave optical controller (115b) connected to a second terminal of the optical fibre harness (105), wherein the optical fibre harness (105) comprises a plurality of Fibre Bragg Grating, FBG, sensors (110), wherein the FBG sensors (110) are spaced in the optical fibre harness (105) between 1mm and 25 mm and configured to provide temperature gradients inside the tank (150) and wherein the master and slave optical controllers (115a, 115b) are configured to obtain the fuel gauging of the tank (150) based on the output from the plurality Fibre Bragg Grating, FBG, sensors (110).


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    Title :

    FUEL GAUGING SENSING DEVICES


    Additional title:

    ERFASSUNGSVORRICHTUNGEN ZUR BRENNSTOFFMESSUNG
    DISPOSITIFS DE DÉTECTION DE JAUGEAGE DE CARBURANT


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    Publication date :

    2024-05-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01D MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE , Anzeigen oder Aufzeichnen in Verbindung mit Messen allgemein / G01F Messen des Volumens, des Durchflussvolumens, des Massendurchflusses oder des Füllstandes , MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL / G01K MEASURING TEMPERATURE , Messen der Temperatur / G01L Messen von Kraft, mechanischer Spannung, Drehmoment, Arbeit, mechanischer Leistung, mechanischem Wirkungsgrad oder des Drucks von Fluiden , MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE



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