Non-Intrusive Tank-Filling Sensor Based on Sound Resonance
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García, Adrián; Toral López, Víctor; Márquez, Álvaro; García, Antonio; Castillo, Encarnación; Parrilla Roure, Luis; Morales Santos, Diego PedroEditorial
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Materia
Tank-filling sensor Fill-level sensor Reconfigurable instrumentation Sound resonance
Fecha
2018-12-03Referencia bibliográfica
García, A. [et al.]. Non-Intrusive Tank-Filling Sensor Based on Sound Resonance. Electronics 2018, 7, 378; doi:10.3390/electronics7120378.
Resumen
Different types of fill-level measurement systems exist in the market, but most of them
imply some type of intrusion in the tank itself. In this paper, a reconfigurable system based on sound
resonance for measuring the fill-level of a tank from the exterior is presented. A relation between
sound resonance frequencies and the content of the tank has been found, especially as the tank
gets closer to being full. A prototype has been created using reconfigurable technologies combined
with wireless communications in order to control the system from an ad hoc application. With this
prototype, the fill-level of different tanks has been measured with good resolution, especially when
the tank is over half of its capacity.