Rosemount Tank Radar Ab

Allgon Ab

Amc Centurion Ab

Saab Rosemount Tank Radar Ab

Smarteq Wireless Ab

Allgen Ab

Saab Rosemount Tank Radar Ag

Olov Edvardsson

Anders Jirskog

Christian Braun

Leif Eriksson

Richard Bohannan

Christer Frövik

Håkan Fredriksson

Jan Westerling

Mikael Eriksson

Lars Ove Larsson

Niklas Penndal

Michael Larsson

Thierry Bousquet

Leif Nilsson

Håkan Delin

Mattias Hellgren

Tomas Wennerberg

Gianni Barone

Lennart Hägg

Stig Larsson

Hans Peter Kurz

Mats Nordlund

Liu Donghui

Alexander Dahl

Carl-Johan Roos

Kenneth Adolfsson

Per Nor&eacute;n

Christer Joshua FRÖVIK

A method of determining a filling level of a product in a tank having a tank wall, the method comprising: generating and transmitting an electromagnetic first transmit signal; propagating the first transmit signal through a tank atmosphere towards a corner reflector formed by the surface of the product and the tank wall where the surface of the product meets the tank wall, the corner reflector being at a known horizontal distance from the radar level gauge system; receiving an electromagnetic first reflection signal resulting from reflection of the first transmit signal at the corner reflector; determining a measure indicative of a propagation direction of the first reflection signal; and determining the filling level based on the measure indicative of the propagation direction of the first reflection signal and the known horizontal distance between the radar level gauge system and the corner reflector.

Radar level gauging using corner reflector formed by product surface and tank wall

A method carried out using a radar level gauge system, the tank having a tank roof supporting the radar level gauge system, a tank wall, and a tank atmosphere in a space defined by a surface of a product in the tank, the tank roof, and the tank wall, wherein the method comprises generating and transmitting an electromagnetic first transmit signal; propagating the first transmit signal through the tank atmosphere towards a corner reflector formed by the surface of the product and the tank wall where the surface of the product meets the tank wall, the corner reflector being at a known horizontal distance from the radar level gauge system; receiving an electromagnetic first reflection signal resulting from reflection of the first transmit signal at the corner reflector; and performing a filling level determination and/or a verification operation for the radar level gauge system based on a timing relation between the first transmit signal and the first reflection signal, and the known horizontal distance between the radar level gauge system and the corner reflector.

The present invention relates a transmission line probe for use in a radar level gauge system configured to determine a filling level (L) and a density of a product contained in a container, wherein the transmission line probe comprises: at least one probe line adapted to guide an electromagnetic transmit signal (S) towards and at least partly through the product, and to guide an electromagnetic return signal (S) back from a surface or interface of the product; and a plurality of insulating dielectric beads arranged along the at least one probe line and configured to decrease electromagnetic signal attenuation caused by the product. The present invention also relates to a radar level gauge system comprising such a transmission line probe, and to a corresponding method.

Transmission line probe

A radar level gauge having a wave guiding structure arranged to guide a measurement signal towards the surface and to return the reflected signal, and an electromagnetic wave transducer arranged to emit the measurement signal into the wave guiding structure as electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic wave transducer has a plurality of radiating elements arranged in N&#x2212;1 concentric feeder rings, where a radius of each feeder ring coincides with a radial zero of an electrical field of the H-mode, and feeding circuitry connected to feed the measurement signals from the transceiver circuitry to the radiating elements, thereby causing the electromagnetic wave transducer to excite electromagnetic waves in the H-mode. With this choice of feeder ring radii, the Hmode will not be excited.

Radar level gauge with H-mode wave transducer

A radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver; an elongated two-conductor probe having a signal conductor connected to the transceiver, and a rigid shielding conductor spaced apart from the signal conductor by an open space. The two-conductor probe extends from an upper probe end to a lower probe end; and processing circuitry for determining the filling level based on a transmit signal and a surface echo signal. The shielding conductor exhibits an open cross-section profile, in a cross-section with a plane perpendicular to the two-conductor probe, along at least a portion of the two-conductor probe. The two-conductor probe further comprises a plurality of spacer arrangements. Each spacer arrangement includes at least a first spacer member attached to the rigid shielding conductor and arranged between the signal conductor and the rigid shielding conductor for preventing contact between the signal conductor and the shielding conductor.

Radar level gauge system having longitudinally open two-conductor probe and method of assembly

A radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver; a multi-conductor probe comprising a first probe conductor and a second probe conductor extending together from an upper probe end to a lower probe end; a plurality of spacer arrangements distributed along the multi-conductor probe; and processing circuitry for determining the filling level. Each spacer arrangement in the plurality of spacer arrangements comprises a first spacer member configured to reflect a transmit signal as a first spacer reflection signal having a first amplitude; and a second spacer member configured to reflect the transmit signal as a second spacer reflection signal having a second amplitude. The first spacer member and the second spacer member are arranged along the multi-conductor probe so that the first and second spacer reflection signals interact to provide a combined spacer reflection signal having an amplitude lower than each of the first amplitude and the second amplitude.

Radar level gauge system with low reflection spacer arrangement

A radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver; a probe for guiding a transmit signal towards a product in a tank, and for returning a surface echo signal; processing circuitry for determining the filling level based on the transmit signal and the surface echo signal; and a connection arrangement for conductively connecting the probe to the tank, and for providing the transmit signal from the transceiver to the probe. The connection arrangement comprises a feed-through member to which the probe is conductively connected. The feed-through member is in conductive contact with the tank at a grounding position, and a signal conductor extends through the feed-through member from the outside of the tank to the inside of the tank. A tank coupling arrangement is arranged on the inside of the tank to electrically connect the signal conductor and the metallic portion of the tank.

Guided wave radar level gauge system with grounded probe

A tank arrangement including a guided wave radar level gauge installed in a tank, and having a single wire transmission line probe extending through a passage through a conducting structure in the tank. Along the section of the probe that extends through the passage, the arrangement comprises a propagation field limiting structure adapted to reduce a propagation field of an electromagnetic signal propagating along the probe. With this design, the radial extension of the propagating field can be locally reduced so that a sufficient portion of the signal power is allowed to pass through the passage.

Tank with a guided wave radar level gauge

A radar level gauge system, for determining a filling level of a product in a tank. The radar level gauge system includes a transmission line probe arranged inside the tank; a tank feed-through for mechanically attaching the transmission line probe to a tank wall of the tank through a non-conductive mechanical connection between the transmission line probe and the tank wall, and for providing a conductive electrical connection to the transmission line probe from outside the tank; and a measurement electronics unit arranged outside the tank. The measurement electronics unit includes: a transceiver; an electrical filter circuit having an input coupled to the transceiver and an output coupled to the transmission line probe via the tank feed-through, the electrical filter circuit exhibiting a series capacitance for non-conductively coupling the transceiver to the transmission line probe via the tank feed-through; and processing circuitry for determining the filling level.

Radar level gauge system with feeding comprising an electrical filter

A radar level gauge system comprising: a transceiver; a tank feed-through; a power divider to divide a transmit signal into a first transmit signal and a second transmit signal; a first probe member configured to guide the first transmit signal and to return a first reflection signal, said first probe member providing a first relatively large average attenuation; a second probe member configured to guide said second transmit signal and to return a second reflection signal, said second probe member providing a second relatively small average attenuation; measurement signal forming circuitry for forming a measurement signal comprising a first set of echo indicators indicating reflection of said first transmit signal, and a second set of echo indicators indicating reflection of said second transmit signal; and level determining circuitry for determining a first level based on said first set of echo indicators, and a second, deeper, level based on said second set of echo indicators.

Guided wave radar level gauge system for interface measurement

A level gauge for detecting process variables related to a distance to a surface of a content in a tank, includes a first and second functionally independent circuitry arrangements comprising transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry. The gauge further comprises a power divider providing isolation between signals having the same propagation mode, a single wire transmission line probe, and a matching arrangement providing an electrically matched connection between the electrical connection of a process seal and the single wire transmission line probe. A combination of a power divider with a matching arrangement allows multiple channels on one single wire transmission line probe.

Multi-channel guided wave radar level gauge

A GWR level gauge system for determining a filling level in a tank. The system comprises a tank, a transceiver, a surface waveguide comprising a single conductor transmission line probe, connected to the transceiver, arranged extending vertically into the tank and configured to guide the electromagnetic transmission signals towards the surface and to guide the reflected electromagnetic signals back to the transceiver; processing circuitry connected to the transceiver and configured to determine the filing level based on received reflected electromagnetic signals; a plurality of retaining elements arranged in fixed positions in relation to an inside of the tank and spaced apart along the probe, wherein each of the retaining elements circumscribes the probe, and is configured to allow movement of the probe in a vertical direction relative the retaining element, and to restrict movement of the probe in a horizontal direction relative the retaining element.

Guided wave radar level gauging with probe retaining element

The present invention relates to a guided wave radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver for generating an electromagnetic transmit signal within a predetermined frequency range having a center frequency, a flexible single conductor probe having a first end connected to the transceiver and extending towards and into the product to a second end of the flexible single conductor probe; and a probe aligning member attached to the second end of the flexible single conductor probe for keeping the flexible single conductor probe substantially vertically extending from the first end to the second end. The probe aligning member exhibits a horizontal extension that increases with increasing distance from the first end of the flexible single conductor probe along a vertical distance greater than one half of a wavelength of the transmit signal at the center frequency. Hereby, determination of filling levels close to the bottom of the tank is improved.

Guided wave radar level gauge system with reduced end of probe reflection

A radar level gauge system comprising a single conductor probe extending through a tubular mounting structure towards and into the product in the tank, a shielding structure radially spaced apart from the single conductor probe and extending along a top portion of the probe inside the mounting structure and past the lower end of the mounting structure, and processing circuitry connected to the transceiver for determining the filling level of the product in the tank. The shielding structure at least partly encloses the top portion of the single conductor probe, and is open in a radial direction to allow entry of the product. The shielding structure exhibits a total enclosing arc angle around the single conductor probe greater than 180&#xb0; inside the tubular mounting structure, and a total enclosing arc angle around the single conductor probe that decreases with increasing distance from the lower end of the mounting structure.

Single conductor probe radar level gauge system and tank arrangement

A method for measurement of a distance to a surface of a product kept in a tank method comprises transmitting a pulse train of distinct carrier wave pulses having a duration greater than 1 microsecond and shorter than 100 milliseconds, the pulse train has an average duty cycle of less than 50 percent, each pulse has a defined center frequency, selected according to a frequency scheme within a predetermined frequency range, greater than 5% of an average center frequency. The method further comprises correlating actual phase properties of received pulses with expected phase properties to provide an updated estimation of the distance. The present invention is based on transmitting a set of carrier wave pulses, each having a distinct frequency selected within a frequency range. The method is therefore referred to as a Frequency Modulated Pulsed Wave (FMPW).

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Linköping, Sweden

Olov Edvardsson