Measuring and testing – Liquid analysis or analysis of the suspension of solids in a... – Content or effect of a constituent of a liquid mixture
Patent
1996-10-29
2000-05-16
Larkin, Daniel S.
Measuring and testing
Liquid analysis or analysis of the suspension of solids in a...
Content or effect of a constituent of a liquid mixture
73 6175, 73 6179, 73 6455, 73290V, 367 99, 367908, G01N 2902, G01S 1514
Patent
active
060620706
ABSTRACT:
A sludge blanket level is determined in a waste water treatment clarifier using sonic pulse reflections. Additionally, using similar techniques, the clarity of the waste water is determined. A sonic pulse is directed into the waste water. Echos are generated as the pulse encounters the impedance mismatches indicative of changes in the density of the water. The echos are compensated for attenuation as a function of travel time through the water, energy lost due to prior peak reflections, and are processed to remove random signals using correlation techniques. A sludge blanket is selected from the compensated echo signal as a function of the size and location of echo peaks. Additionally, the clarity is determined as a flnction of the area under the echo signal between two points corresponding to predefined levels in the clarifier tank.
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Kramer L. Jonathan
Maltby Frederick L.
Nardelli Norman
Wang Yang
Drexelbrook Controls, Inc.
Larkin Daniel S.
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