Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
378052000 | Fluid level measuring | 6 |
20080226026 | BUILDUP-ROBUST DENSITY, LEVEL AND INTERFACE MEASUREMENT WITH y-BACKSCATTERING - System and methods for measuring the density, level, or interface position of a fluid or fluids in a vessel using gamma-ray backscatter are disclosed. The gamma-ray instruments disclosed may account for vessel wall buildup or deterioration. Methods disclosed herein include detecting gamma rays backscattered by a fluid from a gamma-ray source positioned proximate to a vessel with at least two gamma-ray detectors positioned proximate to the vessel and to each other; and determining a density, level, or interface value of the fluid based upon intensities of backscattered gamma rays received by the two or more gamma-ray detectors; wherein the vessel wall is subject to at least one of buildup and deterioration. The density, level, or interface may be a function of a ratio of the intensity of backscattered gamma rays received by two or more of the detectors. | 09-18-2008 |
20110044427 | LEVEL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The invention provides a detector assembly for use in a nucleonic level gauge comprising:
| 02-24-2011 |
20120020457 | Single Well Nuclear Density Gauge - A nuclear density gauge has an elongated transmission chamber adjacent to an elongated source chamber so that they can both be installed through a single nozzle on a high pressure vessel, making an airtight seal with the nozzle. The shape and position of the source chamber allows the positioning of a radiant energy source inside the vessel, a distance from one end of the transmission chamber. The radiation emitted by the radiant energy source travels through contents of the high pressure vessel and then through the elongated transmission chamber to a detector. The method of use of the gauge or multiple gauges, and the adaptation of vessels for such gauges, are also disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
20140341339 | X-RAY TESTING FACILITY FOR DETECTING CERTAIN MATERIALS IN A TEST OBJECT - An x-ray testing facility for detecting certain materials in a test object, having a testing device containing a housing with a radiation tunnel, through which a transport device, particularly a transport conveyor for the test objects, passes, an x-ray generator arranged in the housing, which emits x-rays in a radiation plane, and a detector arrangement directed at the radiation plane. According to the invention, the x-ray testing facility contains an additional testing device which has a dedicated x-ray generator and an associated detector arrangement in a dedicated housing, wherein the x-ray generator emits x-rays, which are directed at the transport region of the test objects of the first testing device. | 11-20-2014 |
20150338262 | RADIOMETRIC MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ACCRETION FORMATION IN A RADIOMETRIC MEASURING ARRANGEMENT - Radiometric measuring arrangement for measuring and/or monitoring a measured variable, especially a fill level or a density, of a fill substance located in a container and a method executable therewith for detection of accretion formation in the container. The variable to be measured is measured by means of a measuring system, which during operation sends radioactive radiation along a measuring path through the container, and measures radiation intensity emerging from the container along the measuring path, and by means of a comparison measuring system, which sends radioactive radiation along a comparison path through the container and measures radiation intensity emerging from the container along the comparison path. The comparison path extends in such a manner through the container that in the case of the presence of an accretion layer on the inner walls of the container a ratio of a sum of the two segments of the measuring path extending through the accretion layer to the length of an additional segment of the measuring path (A, A′) extending between these two segments is different from the ratio formed in the same manner for the comparison path, and an accretion formation occurring in ongoing operation is detected based on deviations ascertained in ongoing operation between the measurement results of the measuring system and the measurement results of the comparison measuring system. | 11-26-2015 |
20160011035 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE VIA GAMMA RADIATION | 01-14-2016 |