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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Rosemount Tank Radar Ab, Mölnlycke, SE;

Inventors:

Håkan Delin, Linköping, SE;

Pär Abrahamsson, Linköping, SE;

Assignee:

ROSEMOUNT TANK RADAR AB, Mölnlycke, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/28 (2006.01); G01F 23/284 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/2845 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and system for detecting a cleaning process in a radar level gauge configured to determine a fill level of a product contained in a tank, the radar level gauge comprising a transceiver configured to provide a transmit signal, S, to be propagated towards the product by a propagating device, to receive a reflected signal, S, resulting from a reflection of the transmit signal at a surface of the product, and to determine a fill level in the tank based on the received reflected signal, wherein the method comprises: at a measurement position above the fill level and a known distance from a reference position near a ceiling of the tank, determining a difference in signal amplitude between at least two different fill level measurements; and if the determined difference in signal amplitude exceeds a predetermined threshold value, determining that a cleaning process is ongoing in the tank.


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