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Ammonia DetectionThe different advantageous embodiments provide for identifying gas leakage in a platform. A processor unit identifies a rate of the gas of the substance leaking from a container in a first compartment for a platform. The processor unit also identifies an amount of gas that has leaked from the container at a selected time based on the rate of the gas of the substance leaking from the container and a total time. The processor unit identifies an amount of the gas of the substance present in a number of compartments associated with the first compartment using the amount of gas leaked from the container in the first compartment and a pressure for each compartment in the number of compartments. The processor unit determines whether the amount of gas in at least one of the first compartment and the number of compartments is outside of a desired amount for the gas.
Document ID
20150003348
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Ward, William Douglas
Date Acquired
March 20, 2015
Publication Date
August 19, 2014
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-12/898,505
Patent Number: US-Patent-8,812,179
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNJ06VA01C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-8,812,179
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-12/898,505
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