Temperature Distribution of Microheater
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240336476A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18297949

    申请日:2023-04-10

    IPC分类号: B81B7/00 H05B3/26 H05B6/44

    摘要: Example methods and devices for improving uniformity of temperature distribution of a microheater or a microheater array are disclosed. One example method includes determining that a temperature of a first coil segment of multiple coil segments of a microheater is lower than a temperature of a second coil segment of the multiple coil segments, where the first coil segment is closer to an edge of the microheater than the second coil segment, and the microheater is a heating component of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based device. A resistance of the first coil segment is increased through a reduction of a width of the first coil segment. After the reduction of the width of the first coil segment, a width of the second coil segment is adjusted based on a difference between the temperature of the first coil segment and the temperature of the second coil segment.

    Method to Detect Diesel in Fluid Samples
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230384210A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US17828912

    申请日:2022-05-31

    摘要: A method includes providing a cuvette containing a fluid sample having a first substance and emitting light from a light source through the cuvette containing the fluid sample for a duration of time. The cuvette is made of a material that at least partially dissolves in the presence of the first substance. Over the duration of time, the cuvette at least partially dissolves and an intensity of light that passes through the cuvette and the fluid sample changes at a rate. The method also includes receiving, by a light detector, the light that passed through the cuvette, measuring a change in intensity of the received light over the duration of time, and determining that the rate of change in intensity of the light over the duration of time is greater than a threshold rate of change.

    Characterizing lubricant oil degradation using fluorescence signals

    公开(公告)号:US10317388B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US16056020

    申请日:2018-08-06

    摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatus to diagnose lubrication oil deterioration. In one aspect, a method includes irradiating a lubrication oil sample with a light beam to emit a light-induced fluorescence, detecting and processing the light-induced fluorescence signal to determine a temporal variation of a fluorescence intensity, identifying a steady state of the light-induced fluorescence signal, processing the temporal variation of the fluorescence intensity to determine a lubrication oil parameter, and correlating the oil parameter to a calibration curve to diagnose the lubrication oil deterioration.

    HYDROCARBON CONTAMINANT DETECTION USING POLYMER FILM

    公开(公告)号:US20240345063A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18301581

    申请日:2023-04-17

    IPC分类号: G01N33/28 G01N1/44

    摘要: Hydrocarbon contaminant detection system using polymer film includes a sensor assembly, a syringe, a heater assembly and a controller. The sensor assembly includes a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) film including electrically conductive materials, and can complete an electrical circuit. The COC film can dissolve in a presence of a hydrocarbon contaminant, breaking the electrical circuit. The syringe can carry a lubrication oil sample to be tested using the sensor assembly. The syringe is operable to contact the lubrication oil sample with the COC film of the sensor assembly. The heater assembly can heat the lubrication oil sample before the lubrication oil sample is loaded to the syringe. The controller can perform operations including operating the syringe to flow the heated lubrication oil sample onto the COC film of the sensor assembly at a pre-determined flowrate.