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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Piaggio & C. Spa, Pontedera, IT;
Mario Santucci, Pontedera, IT;
Paolo Badalassi, Pontedera, IT;
PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A, Pontedera, IT;
Abstract
A method () for estimating a volume of fuel available in a fuel tank () of a transport vehicle (), the tank () comprising a tank wall inside which a space is defined for containing fuel, the method () comprising, in sequence, the steps of: a) exciting () a vibration of the tank (); b) acquiring () a response signal correlated to a frequency response produced by the tank () due the excited vibration; c) processing () the acquired response signal to obtain an estimate of the initial volume of fuel available in the tank (); d) gradually taking () fuel from the tank () with the transport vehicle () in use; e) estimating () a quantity of fuel taken gradually from the tank (); f) estimating () the volume of fuel available in the tank () based on the initial volume and quantity estimate of fuel taken gradually.