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Level measurement¶
Continuous level measurement¶
Reading: Tony R. Kuphaldt's Lessons in Industrial Instrumentation: Chapter 20
Instructions: Click the link above and read this chapter. Chapter 20 explores the major level-measurement technologies in current use.
Reading this chapter should take approximately ?? minutes.
Terms of use: This work is licensed under terms of the CC-BY-4.0 license. It is attributed to Tony R. Kuphaldt.
Supplementary material:
- Level measurement at Wikipedia
- Time-of-Flight measuring principle animation
- Ultrasonic level measurement
- Capacitance level measurement
- Radiometric measurement
- Radiometric interface measurement
- Gamma radiation sources
- Level measurement in steam boilers
- The Engineer's Guide to Level Measurement
Discrete level measurement¶
Reading: Tony R. Kuphaldt's Lessons in Industrial Instrumentation: Section 9.6
Instructions: Click the link above and read this section. Section 9.6 provides a glance about level switches.
Reading this section should take approximately ?? minutes.
Terms of use: This work is licensed under terms of the CC-BY-4.0 license. It is attributed to Tony R. Kuphaldt.
Supplementary material:
Exercises¶
Try to solve the problems listed here on page 97.
Tip: Take a look here to get some conversion factors.