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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2018
Artium Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William D. Bachalo, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Artium Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to detect contaminants in a fuel comprises an input to receive a fuel flow. A light scattering system is coupled to the input. An imaging system is coupled to the light scattering system. A memory is coupled to the imaging system. A processor is coupled to the memory. Output signals from the imaging and light scattering systems are transferred to the processor. The processor is configured to cause the light scattering system to monitor the light scattering intensity from the contaminants in the fuel flow. The processor is configured to cause the light scattering system to measure a light scattering intensity signal from the contaminants in the fuel flow. The processor is configured to generate a trigger signal to turn on the imaging system when the light scattering intensity is greater than a predetermined threshold.