Atmospheric Oxygen Sensing for Remote Engine and Ozone Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to accurately adjust operations of oxygen utilizing systems, such as engines and ozone generators, due to variations in atmospheric oxygen content caused by environmental factors like altitude, temperature, and humidity, leading to decreased performance, especially in remote locations without connectivity to GPS or cellular networks.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an atmospheric sensor system that detects atmospheric conditions to determine oxygen content, allowing for real-time adjustments in system operations, such as fuel injection in engines and air intake in ozone generators, without relying on conventional oxygen sensors or external data sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional oxygen sensors or external data sources (GPS, cellular networks) are used to adjust system operations, then system performance can be maintained under normal conditions, but the system fails in remote locations without external connectivity and requires additional hardware components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the oxygen content detection function from external sources (GPS, cellular networks, conventional oxygen sensors) and implements it using only atmospheric sensors that detect ambient conditions. This removes the dependency on external infrastructure and specialized oxygen sensing hardware, solving the contradiction between reliability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses atmospheric sensors to self-determine oxygen content based on environmental conditions (temperature, pressure, humidity) without requiring external data sources or additional oxygen-specific sensors. The system serves itself by calculating oxygen content from readily available atmospheric data, eliminating the need for complex external connectivity or specialized hardware.
2Adaptability or versatility
If atmospheric sensors are used to determine oxygen content, then the system can operate independently in remote locations, but requires accurate multi-parameter atmospheric detection and calculation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by using atmospheric sensors to perform multiple tasks: detecting temperature, pressure, and humidity, then using these same measurements to calculate oxygen content. This universal approach allows the system to operate independently in remote locations while managing measurement complexity through a unified sensing and calculation framework.
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AI summary
An exemplary method adjusts one or operating characteristics of an oxygen utilizing system based on atmospheric oxygen content. The method includes detecting, using one or more atmospheric sensors, atmospheric conditions for an atmosphere surrounding the oxygen utilizing system and determining the atmospheric oxygen content based on the detected atmospheric conditions. The method further includes adjusting the one or more operating characteristics of the oxygen utilizing system based on the atmospheric oxygen content.