Vacuum calibration system and method for fiberoptic pressure transducer
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    Vacuum calibration system and method for fiberoptic pressure transducer 失效
    光纤压力传感器的真空校准系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US4856317A

    公开(公告)日:1989-08-15

    申请号:US189333

    申请日:1988-05-02

    IPC分类号: G01L27/00

    CPC分类号: G01L27/002

    摘要: A system and method for initializing and calibrating a fiber optic pressure transducer so that a measured intensity of light which varies as a function of pressure can be accurately translated to the value of pressure which produces that value of light intensity. The transducer includes an enclosed sensor tip having a diaphragm which is exposed to atmospheric pressure on the inside and the pressure to be determined on the outside as measurements are taken, the resulting pressure differential producing a related attenuation in light intensity. Calibration according to the present invention is performed by exposing the diaphragm to atmospheric pressure on the outside and sub-atmospheric pressure on the inside while transmitting light through the fiber in the usual manner. The sub-atmospheric pressure is changed gradually as simultaneous measurements are made of the intensity of light returned through the fiber and the actual value of the sub-atmospheric pressure at a number of discrete times. The paired values are stored in a look-up table which is subsequently used to determine unknown pressures from matched values of measured light intensity.

    摘要翻译: 用于初始化和校准光纤压力传感器的系统和方法,使得可以将测量的作为压力函数变化的光强度转化为产生该光强值的压力值。 换能器包括封闭的传感器尖端,其具有在测量时暴露于内部的大气压力和要在外部确定的压力的隔膜,所得到的压力差产生光强度中的相关衰减。 根据本发明的校准是通过将隔膜暴露在外部的大气压力和内部的副大气压力下进行的,同时以通常的方式透过光纤。 随着同时测量通过光纤返回的光的强度和多个离散时间的次大气压力的实际值,副大气压逐渐变化。 成对值存储在查找表中,随后用于从测量的光强度的匹配值确定未知压力。