EP1287318A1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bestimmung des füllstandes eines mediums in einem behälter - Google Patents
Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bestimmung des füllstandes eines mediums in einem behälterInfo
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- EP1287318A1 EP1287318A1 EP01940425A EP01940425A EP1287318A1 EP 1287318 A1 EP1287318 A1 EP 1287318A1 EP 01940425 A EP01940425 A EP 01940425A EP 01940425 A EP01940425 A EP 01940425A EP 1287318 A1 EP1287318 A1 EP 1287318A1
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
- G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
- G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
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- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
- G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
- G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for determining the fill level of a medium in a container, wherein at least one stirrer with at least one agitator blade is arranged in the container, which rotates with a certain stirring frequency, wherein measurement signals are emitted in the direction of the medium with a predetermined measurement frequency, and wherein the at the
- the invention relates to several variants of devices for performing the method according to the invention.
- the distance to the stirring blades of the stirrer is measured and subsequently used for evaluation.
- the present invention has set itself the task of eliminating this problem and proposing a method that allows a reliable measurement of the level of a medium in a container with a stirrer.
- the method according to the invention reliably precludes the distance of the measuring device from the stirrer being determined instead of the distance from the measuring device to the surface of the filling material via the transit time method.
- the phase ⁇ is dimensioned such that the measurement time lies outside the time range in which the stirrer sweeps over the measurement location, the measurement location defining the range in which the measurement signals hit the surface of the medium ,
- it is important to ensure that the phase is smaller than the angular distance between the individual agitator blades of the stirrer - in the event that the stirrer has several agitator blades.
- the respective stirring frequency f R is determined by means of an optical, mechanical or electrical method.
- the determination is made optically in a known manner via the different reflection behavior of different materials which are arranged on a rotating part of the stirrer, preferably in the region of the shaft.
- the frequency can be determined mechanically with the aid of a nipple which is attached to the axis of rotation of the stirrer and which actuates a switch with each revolution.
- the output or the input voltage signal of the stirrer is tapped.
- an alternative embodiment of the method according to the invention provides that the stirring frequency f R is determined on the basis of the measurement signals reflected on the surface of the medium or on the stirrer and thus quasi directly from the Measurement signals is derived.
- a corresponding phase shift then takes place between the stirring frequency and the measuring frequency, that is to say the frequency with which the measurement signals are emitted in the direction of the surface of the filling material.
- the object is also achieved by the following method variant: the measuring frequency f M is variable; the fill level in the container is then determined on the basis of the differences in the transit time of the measurement signals reflected on the surface or on the stirrer.
- the measurement frequency f M of the measurement signals is determined via a random sequence.
- An advantageous embodiment of a device for carrying out the first-mentioned method in which the stirring frequency is determined directly or indirectly and then a phase shift between the stirring frequency and the measuring frequency, has the following components: In the container there is at least one agitator with a predetermined stirring frequency f R arranged; at least one transmission unit is provided, which emits measurement signals with a predetermined measurement frequency f M in the direction of the medium; a receiving unit is also provided which receives the measurement signals reflected on the surface of the medium; a control / evaluation unit determines a phase shift between the measuring frequency f M and the stirring frequency f R such that the measuring point at which the measuring signals hit the surface of the medium is outside the angular range which was swept by a stirring blade of the stirrer at the same time is and determines the level of the medium in the container based on the transit time of the measurement signals.
- a preferred embodiment of a device for carrying out the method according to the invention in which the level is determined without additional aids, is composed of the following system components: at least one stirrer with a predetermined stirring frequency f R is arranged in the container; Furthermore, a transmitter unit is provided, the measurement signals with a constant or a emits variable measuring frequency f M in the direction of the medium; a receiving unit receives the measurement signals reflected on the surface of the medium or an impeller, and a control / evaluation unit determines the fill level of the medium in the container on the basis of the different transit times of the reflected measurement signals.
- the measurement signals are ultrasonic waves or electromagnetic waves, in particular microwaves.
- FIG. 2 a flow chart for controlling the control / evaluation unit shown in FIG. 1.
- Fig. 4 a schematic representation of a third device for
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a first device 1 for carrying out a first variant of the method according to the invention.
- a medium 3 is located in a container 2 with a stirrer 5, which has two stirring blades 6.
- the filling level of the medium 3 is determined by means of a measuring device 13 over the running time of measuring signals.
- the measurement signals are generated by the signal generation transmission unit 7 and transmitted via the antenna 10 in the direction of the medium 3.
- the measurement signals reflected on the surface 4 of the medium 3 are received by the antenna 10 and forwarded to the receiving unit 8.
- the signals are ultimately evaluated in the control / evaluation unit 9.
- Runtime methods take advantage of the physical laws, according to which the running distance is the product of the running time and the speed of propagation.
- the running distance corresponds to twice the distance between antenna 10 and surface 4 of medium 3.
- the actual useful echo signal - that is, the portion of the measurement signal reflected on the surface - and its transit time determined on the basis of the so-called echo function or the digital envelope curve, the envelope curve representing the amplitudes of the reflected measurement signals (-> echo signals) as a function of the distance
- the level itself then results from the difference between the known distance of the antenna 10 from the bottom of the container 2 and the distance of the surface of the medium 3 from the antenna 10 determined by the measurement.
- the control / evaluation unit 9 shown in FIG. 1 operates according to a first variant of the method according to the invention on the basis of the flow diagram shown in FIG. 2.
- the stirring frequency is measured at point 18.
- the measurement is carried out either by means of an additional device operating on an optical or mechanical basis, or by analysis of the input or output voltage of the stirrer 5.
- the measurement frequency f M is synchronized with the stirring frequency f R ; then at point 20 the measuring frequency f M is shifted with respect to the stirring frequency f R by the phase ⁇ .
- the evaluation of the measurement signals reflected on the surface 4 of the medium 3 is subsequently carried out under program item 21. This Level determination is carried out at predetermined time intervals t until the test under point 22 shows that a predetermined time T has passed.
- the program then loops back to program point 18 and begins again to process program points 18 to 22.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of a second device 1 for carrying out a second variant of the method according to the invention.
- a stirrer 5 with two stirring blades 6 is located in a container 2 - which is not shown separately in FIG. 3 - in addition to the measuring device 13, consisting of signal generation transmission unit 7 and reception unit 8
- Measurement signals are emitted in the direction of the medium at a known, periodic repetition rate, that is to say at a fixed measurement frequency f M.
- the measuring frequency f M is shifted by a phase ⁇ with respect to the indirectly determined stirring frequency f R.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a third device 1 for carrying out a third variant of the method according to the invention.
- the fill level is determined on the basis of a known repetition rate of the measurement signals, that is to say with a known measurement frequency f M.
- Stirring frequency f R and the phase between measuring frequency f M, and stirring frequency f R determined on the basis of the reflected measurement signals.
- the measurement is then carried out with an appropriately adapted repetition rate and a correspondingly coordinated phase.
- this device 1 it is possible in this device 1 to replace the constant measuring frequency f M with a variable measuring frequency f M. This reliably precludes the measurement signals from being permanently synchronized with the Blades 6 of the stirrer 5 are. Since the measurement signals hit both the surface 4 of the medium 3 and the surface of the stirring blade 6 of the stirrer 5, the stirring frequency f R can be determined on the basis of the echo signals. Consequently, it is possible not to use all echo signals which are reflected by the impeller blades 6 for determining the fill level.
- Fig. 5 shows a first graphical representation of the coincidences of the stirrer 5 and the measurement signals when the measurement signals are transmitted at periodic time intervals (dotted line) or at random time intervals (dashed line).
- the solid line illustrates the time ranges in which the stirrer 5 or an impeller 6 of the stirrer 5 is located at the measurement location 12 of the measuring device 13 - the corresponding time ranges are assigned the value 2 on the ordinate - or in which the stirrer 5 is located or a stirring blade 6 of the stirrer 5 is located outside the measuring location 12 of the measuring device 12 - the corresponding time ranges are assigned the value 1 on the ordinate.
- FIG. 6 shows a first graphical representation of the coincidences of the stirrer 5 and the measurement signals when the measurement signals are emitted at periodic time intervals or at random time intervals.
- the measurement signals hit the stirrer 5 or a stirring blade 6 of the stirrer 5 at certain times, while they hit the surface of the medium at other times.
- the data clearly shows which measurement signals have been reflected on the uniformly rotating stirrer 5 or on the surface of the medium 3.
- the fill level of the medium 3 in the container 2 is then determined in a known manner on the basis of the transit time of the measurement signals reflected on the surface 4 of the medium 3. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
- Device container medium surface of the medium stirrer agitator transmitter unit receiving unit control / evaluation unit antenna module for determining the stirring frequency measuring location measuring device module for calculating the stirring frequency module for determining the measuring clock module for calculating the stirring frequency via the beat frequency
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| DE10024353A DE10024353A1 (de) | 2000-05-17 | 2000-05-17 | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung des Füllstandes eines Mediums in einem Behälter |
| PCT/EP2001/005258 WO2001088489A1 (de) | 2000-05-17 | 2001-05-09 | Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bestimmung des füllstandes eines mediums in einem behälter |
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| WO (1) | WO2001088489A1 (de) |
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| US6725718B2 (en) | 2001-02-08 | 2004-04-27 | Vega Grieshaber Kg | Method and device for the coarse differentiation between a liquid or a bulk material of a filling product present in a receptacle |
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| DE102010044182A1 (de) | 2010-11-19 | 2012-06-06 | Endress + Hauser Gmbh + Co. Kg | Verfahren zum Einstellen eines Messgeräts |
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