SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RETRANSMISSION THROUGH RF OPAQUE BARRIERS

    公开(公告)号:US20170118542A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-27

    申请号:US14923505

    申请日:2015-10-27

    CPC classification number: H04Q9/00 G01H17/00 H04Q2209/40 H04Q2209/886

    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting an information signal through a radio-frequency opaque barrier are disclosed. A transmitter is positioned on a first side of the barrier and a re-transmitter is positioned on a second side of the barrier. The transmitter includes a controller that modulates a received information signal with a carrier signal and forwards the modulated information signal to a vibration generator which converts the received electrical signal to a corresponding vibration signal. The re-transmitter includes an accelerometer that detects vibration signals and produces a corresponding electrical signal and a controller coupled to the accelerometer which receives the electrical signal from the accelerometer and demodulates the information signal included within the electrical signal received from the accelerometer. The transmitter may also include a vibration energy harvester which converts separate vibration signals received from the re-transmitter to energy that charges an energy storage device that powers the transmitter.

    Model-based method and system to detect heat exchanger fouling

    公开(公告)号:US10295284B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15240350

    申请日:2016-08-18

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, environmental control system (ECS) for an aircraft, and system are provided. Air temperatures at the inlet and outlet of a ram air duct for an ECS are measured. Also, air temperatures at outlets from one or more heat exchangers arranged in the ram air duct are measured. The temperatures are typically measured when the aircraft is on the ground and when aircraft engines supplying air to the ECS are operating at idle. Shortly thereafter, the heat exchangers are manually inspected to determine a level of actual fouling (e.g., dirt, dust, or other debris accumulated on heat exchanger surfaces). A supervised machine learning or other statistical analysis is performed on the measured temperatures and associated actual fouling levels to develop a model that predicts an amount of heat exchanger fouling, based on the temperature measurements. An alert can be output if the predicted fouling exceeds a fouling threshold.

    Model-based method to detect abnormal operations in heat exchangers

    公开(公告)号:US09724979B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-08

    申请号:US15140046

    申请日:2016-04-27

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, environmental control system, and aircraft are provided. Environmental operating conditions data for a heat exchanger is received. Measured values from sensors measuring parameters of the heat exchanger are also received. An operating model for the heat exchanger based on the received environmental operating conditions is retrieved from a first data structure. The retrieved model includes estimated values for the sensors. A difference between the estimated values and the measured values is calculated. The calculated differences are compared to at least one threshold value. Upon the differences exceeding the at least one threshold value, the calculated differences are compared to abnormal operation models in an abnormal operation library data structure. Upon the calculated difference matching an abnormal operation model in the abnormal operation library data structure, outputting an abnormal operation identity associated with the abnormal operation model. If there is no match, a learning process develops a new model for a new abnormal operation.

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