RADAR DEVICE FOR MEASURING LEVEL AND VOLUME OF LOOSE MATERIALS Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC G01F23/28 

FIELD: measurement.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to measurement of filling level of containers with loose materials, construction of model of material surface relief for determination of loose material volume. A radar device for measuring the level and volume of loose materials in a container comprises: instrument housing with means of attachment to the tank roof, measuring head (MH) consisting of a microwave module having a microwave emitter-receiver, comprising receiving and transmitting antennae; microwave module electric drive, changing its position above material surface; a spherical lens of dielectric material fixed in the MH housing; electric drive position sensor, SHF and MH module electric drive control unit; a display connected to the control unit, wherein the MH housing has an upper and a lower part separated by a partition, electric drive is installed in the upper part of the MH housing on the partition so that the electric drive shaft enters the lower part of the housing and is connected to the base of the microwave module placed in the lower part of the housing, having at the base an antenna system consisting of emitters-receivers located above the surface of the dielectric spherical lens.

EFFECT: simpler design of the device, higher accuracy of measurements, as well as efficiency due to reduced time for scanning the surface of loose material.

8 cl, 10 dwg