Ultrasonic Sensors for Level Measurement
Ultrasonic level measurement sensors are used in wide range of market areas.
Level Measurement - Ultrasonic Sensor
Applications include but are not limited to:
- Automotive fuel level sensing
- Aerospace fuel level sensing
- Other fuel level sensing (rail, marine, storage, processing)
- Level sensing in processes
- Non invasive level sensing
- Level sensing of solids
Two types of ultrasonic level sensors can be designed and manufactured:
- Single or multipoint sensors using damped resonator principles
- Time of flight sensors to measure exact levels.
Both types of sensors can often be designed to work invasively on non-invasively depending on the construction of the tank. Invasive measurement will usually provide the more accurate measurement. Non invasive measurement has the advantage that submersion or exposure to difficult chemical or environmental conditions can be avoided. Non-contact level sensor capability includes lower frequency and higher intensity operation, improving signal reliability in harsh or difficult industrial applications compared to typical products.
Liquid Level Ultrasonic Sensors
Liquid level sensors can be offered for a variety of applications including cryogenic (LN2). These transducers typically operate on the pulse-echo principal utilizing lower operating frequencies for solids-loaded or lossy liquids and higher frequencies focussed more on short range, higher precision measurement. Market sectors include Aerospace, Transport and Industrial applications.
Go back to Ultrasonic Sensors or see also Flow Measurement Sensors or Air-in-line Sensors (bubble detectors).
Did you know that Morgan ElectroCeramics produced the first piezoceramic fuel level sensor used in the Automotive industry - this was used on the 2005 model, 500-horsepower Ford GT.
Find out more about the application of Ultrasonic Sensors for Level Measurement in our Case Studies area.
