Measuring and testing – Liquid level or depth gauge – Immersible electrode type
Patent
1982-02-03
1984-05-15
Frankfort, Charles
Measuring and testing
Liquid level or depth gauge
Immersible electrode type
G01F 2326
Patent
active
044480725
ABSTRACT:
A system for measuring the level or volume of a fluid within a fluid storage vessel which comprises: a multi-capacitor fluid level sensor formed of a pair of capacitors of fixed and substantially like capacitive value and a pair of capacitors having like open dielectric spaces for receiving varying levels of the fluid within the vessel. The four capacitors of the sensor are connected together to form the four capacitive sides of a Wheatstone bridge circuit. A source of alternating current of constant voltage and set frequency is applied across the bridge circuit to a first set of bridge terminals at opposite corners of the bridge, each of such terminals located between a fixed capacitor and a variable capacitor of the sensor. A detection circuit is connected across the bridge to a second set of bridge terminals (independent of said first set of terminals) and at opposite corners of the bridge, each of such terminals located between a fixed capacitor and a variable capacitor of the sensor. The current value in the detection circuit is measured and indicates the value as a fluid level or fluid volume measurement in direct linear relationship with the current value. The system may be used for volume measurement with respect to a wide variety of multi-component fluid systems as long as the dielectric constants for the two or more components are different.
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Frankfort Charles
Junkins Philip D.
Schuster David R.
Tward 2001 Limited
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