Measuring and testing – Liquid level or depth gauge – Thermal type
Patent
1994-06-09
1995-03-07
Gutierrez, Diego F. F.
Measuring and testing
Liquid level or depth gauge
Thermal type
204 70, 204 67, G01F 2322
Patent
active
053947495
ABSTRACT:
Precise information is obtainable concerning the position of a fluid-fluid interface (28, 33), such as between a gas and a liquid or between liquids. Such information is important for the control and automation of molten metal refining processes. Specifically, in an electrolytic process for removing magnesium from molten aluminum, knowledge of the vertical position of an interface (33) between the electrolyte and the magnesium and an interface (28) between the electrolyte and the aluminum facilitates the automatic removal of the purified metals when drained or drawn from the furnace. Heat energy is conducted through a thermocouple-heater assembly 34 to a thermocouple (38) located at its tip (36). The equilibrium temperature at the thermocouple junction is dependent upon the heat loss through tip (36). When the tip comes in contact with a fluid of different thermal conductivity, as between molten matter (29) and electrolyte (30), the equilibrium temperature at tip (36) and, thus, of the thermocouple junction will change. This change in temperature is used to determine the level of the liquid-liquid interface between molten matter (29) and electrolyte (30). This information is used to determine when the drawing of further molten material from the furnace is to be terminated, so that aluminum purified in the refining process and previously drawn through an outlet (26) will not be contaminated.
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Denson-Low W. K.
Gutierrez Diego F. F.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Lachman M. E.
Sales M. W.
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