Fuel quality monitoring systems
A fuel system includes a fuel line configured to allow a fuel to flow therethrough and a fluoroscopy device attached to the fuel line such that the fluoroscopy device can input excitation radiation into the fuel line and receive fluorescent radiation emitted from the fuel in the fuel line.
1. A fuel system, comprising:
a fuel line configured to allow a fuel to flow therethrough; and
a fluoroscopy device attached to the fuel line such that the fluoroscopy device can input excitation radiation into an interior of the fuel line, and not through a wall of the fuel line, and receive fluorescent radiation emitted from the fuel in the fuel line, wherein the fuel line includes a bend, wherein the fluoroscopy device is disposed at the bend.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluoroscopy device is in line with a downstream portion of the fuel line at the bend.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the bend is a 90 degree turn.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluoroscopy device includes a laser source for providing the excitation radiation.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the fluoroscopy device includes a collecting lens disposed around the laser source for receiving fluorescent radiation from the fuel line around the laser source.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the collecting lens is optically connected to a spectrometer circuit for analyzing the fluorescent radiation.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the spectrometer circuit is housed within the fluoroscopy device.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the spectrometer circuit includes an intensity analyzer for determining fluorescent radiation intensity.
9. A method, comprising:
inputting excitation radiation into an interior of the fuel line and not through a wall of the fuel line;
receiving emitted fluorescent radiation from a fuel in the fuel line; and
determining a quality of the fuel based on the fluorescent radiation, wherein inputting excitation radiation into the fuel line includes inputting excitation radiation at a bend in the fuel line.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the inputting excitation radiation into the fuel line includes inputting the radiation in line with a downstream portion of the fuel line at the bend.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein inputting radiation includes using a laser source for providing the excitation radiation.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving fluorescent radiation includes receiving the fluorescent radiation at a collecting lens disposed around the laser source for receiving fluorescent radiation from the fuel line around the laser source.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining a quality of the fuel based on the fluorescent radiation includes analyzing the fluorescent radiation with a spectrometer.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein analyzing the fluorescent radiation includes an intensity analyzer for determining fluorescent radiation intensity.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining a quality of the fuel includes determining at least one of a dissolved oxygen content of the fuel and a contamination levels of the fuel.
16. A fuel system, comprising:
a fuel line configured to allow a fuel to flow therethrough; and
a fluoroscopy device attached to the fuel line such that the fluoroscopy device can input excitation radiation into an interior of the fuel line and receive fluorescent radiation emitted from the fuel in the fuel line,
wherein the fluoroscopy device includes:
a laser source for providing the excitation radiation; and
a collecting lens disposed around the laser source for receiving fluorescent radiation from the fuel line around the laser source.
17. A fuel system, comprising:
a fuel line configured to allow a fuel to flow therethrough; and
a fluoroscopy device attached to the fuel line such that the fluoroscopy device can input excitation radiation into the fuel line and receive fluorescent radiation emitted from the fuel in the fuel line, wherein the fuel line includes a bend, wherein the fluoroscopy device is disposed at the bend.