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Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning
Propellant mass gauging under micro-gravity conditions is a challenging task due to the unpredictable position and shape of the fuel body inside the tank. Micro-gravity conditions are common for orbiting satellites and rockets that operate on limited fuel supplies. Capacitance sensors have been inve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23208516 |
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author | Chowdhury, Shah M. Charleston, Matthew A. Marashdeh, Qussai M. Teixeira, Fernando L. |
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description | Propellant mass gauging under micro-gravity conditions is a challenging task due to the unpredictable position and shape of the fuel body inside the tank. Micro-gravity conditions are common for orbiting satellites and rockets that operate on limited fuel supplies. Capacitance sensors have been investigated for this task in recent years; however, the effect of various positions and shapes of the fuel body is not analyzed in detail. In this paper, we investigate this with various fill types, such as annular, core-annular, and stratified fills at different positions. We compare the performance among several curve-fitting-based approaches and a machine-learning-based approach, the latter of which offers superior performance in estimating the fuel content. |
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spelling | pubmed-106110582023-10-28 Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning Chowdhury, Shah M. Charleston, Matthew A. Marashdeh, Qussai M. Teixeira, Fernando L. Sensors (Basel) Article Propellant mass gauging under micro-gravity conditions is a challenging task due to the unpredictable position and shape of the fuel body inside the tank. Micro-gravity conditions are common for orbiting satellites and rockets that operate on limited fuel supplies. Capacitance sensors have been investigated for this task in recent years; however, the effect of various positions and shapes of the fuel body is not analyzed in detail. In this paper, we investigate this with various fill types, such as annular, core-annular, and stratified fills at different positions. We compare the performance among several curve-fitting-based approaches and a machine-learning-based approach, the latter of which offers superior performance in estimating the fuel content. MDPI 2023-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10611058/ /pubmed/37896614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23208516 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chowdhury, Shah M. Charleston, Matthew A. Marashdeh, Qussai M. Teixeira, Fernando L. Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning |
title | Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning |
title_full | Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning |
title_fullStr | Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning |
title_full_unstemmed | Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning |
title_short | Propellant Mass Gauging in a Spherical Tank under Micro-Gravity Conditions Using Capacitance Plate Arrays and Machine Learning |
title_sort | propellant mass gauging in a spherical tank under micro-gravity conditions using capacitance plate arrays and machine learning |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23208516 |
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