Gas sensing system and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRichard R. Durbin, Jeffrey W. Glasnovich
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Abstract
Systems and methods for sensing gas are disclosed. In one aspect, a system to monitor an output of a gas source comprises a chamber comprising a plurality of input ports to receive inputs from a plurality of gas sources, and means for repeatedly blocking one of the plurality of input ports for a period of time, detecting which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked, collecting data from a plurality of samples from the enclosure while the one of the plurality of input ports is blocked, and storing the data in a memory in association with an indicator of which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked. Other embodiments may be described.
Claims20
A system to monitor an output of a gas source, comprising:
- a chamber comprising a plurality of input ports configured to receive a flow of gas from a plurality of gas sources;
- means for repeatedly:
- temporarily blocking one of the plurality of input ports;
- detecting the input port that is blocked;
- sampling, from a sensor, a characteristic of the gas in the chamber;
- and
- storing data from the sensor in a memory in association with an indicator of which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked;
An aircraft comprising:
- a system to monitor an output of a gas source on the aircraft, comprising:
- a chamber comprising a plurality of input ports to receive gas from a plurality of gas sources;
- means for repeatedly:
- temporarily blocking one of the plurality of input ports;
- detecting which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked;
- sampling, from a sensor, a characteristic of the gas in the chamber;
- and
- storing data from the sensor in a memory in association with an indicator of which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked.
A method to monitor an output of a gas source, comprising:
- receiving inputs from a plurality of gas sources in a plurality of input ports in a chamber;
- repeatedly:
- temporarily blocking one of the plurality of input ports;
- detecting which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked;
- sampling, from a sensor, a characteristic of the gas in the chamber;
- and
- storing data from the sensor in a memory in association with an indicator of which one of the plurality of input ports is blocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.