Fiber optic oxygen sensor leak detection system for space applications

Alex A. Kazemi; Kish Goswami; Edgar A. Mendoza; Lothar U. Kempen

doi:10.1117/12.735103

26 September 2007 Fiber optic oxygen sensor leak detection system for space applications

Alex A. Kazemi, Kish Goswami, Edgar A. Mendoza, Lothar U. Kempen

Proceedings Volume 6758, Photonics in the Transportation Industry: Auto to Aerospace; 67580C (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735103
Event: Optics East, 2007, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the successful test of a multi-point fiber optic oxygen sensor system during the static firing of an Evolved Expandable Launch Vehicle (EELV)/Delta IV common booster core (CBC) rocket engine at NASA's Stennis Flight Center. The system consisted of microsensors (optrodes) using an oxygen gas sensitive indicator incorporated onto an optically transparent porous substrate. The modular optoelectronics and multiplexing network system was designed and assembled utilizing a multi-channel opto-electronic sensor readout unit that monitored the oxygen and temperature response of the individual optrodes in real-time and communicated this information via a serial communication port to a remote laptop computer. The sensor packaging for oxygen consisted of two optrodes - one doped with an indicator sensitive to oxygen, and the other doped with an indicator sensitive to temperature. The multichannel oxygen sensor system is fully reversible. It has demonstrated a dynamic response to oxygen gas in the range of 0% to 100% with 0.1% resolution and a response time of ≤10 seconds. The sensor package was attached to a custom fiber optic ribbon cable, which was then connected to a fiber optic trunk communications cable (standard telecommunications-grade fiber) that connected to the optoelectronics module. Each board in the expandable module included light sources, photo-detectors, and associated electronics required for detecting oxygen and temperature. The paper illustrates the sensor design and performance data under field deployment conditions.

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Alex A. Kazemi, Kish Goswami, Edgar A. Mendoza, and Lothar U. Kempen "Fiber optic oxygen sensor leak detection system for space applications", Proc. SPIE 6758, Photonics in the Transportation Industry: Auto to Aerospace, 67580C (26 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735103

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