High pressure liquid level monitor

Title: High pressure liquid level monitor

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A liquid level monitor for tracking the level of a coal slurry in a high-pressure vessel including a toroidal-shaped float with magnetically permeable bands thereon disposed within the vessel, two pairs of magnetic field generators and detectors disposed outside the vessel adjacent the top and bottom thereof and magnetically coupled to the magnetically permeable bands on the float, and signal processing circuitry for combining signals from the top and bottom detectors for generating a monotonically increasing analog control signal which is a function of liquid level. The control signal may be utilized to operate high-pressure control valves associated with processes in which the high-pressure vessel is used.

Inventors:

Bean, Vern E ^[1]; Long, Frederick G ^[2]

Frederick, MD
Ijamsville, MD

Issue Date:: 1984-01-01

Research Org.:: NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

OSTI Identifier:: 864999

Patent Number(s):: 4447743

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

DOE Contract Number:: AI22-80PC30258

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: pressure; liquid; level; monitor; tracking; coal; slurry; high-pressure; vessel; including; toroidal-shaped; float; magnetically; permeable; bands; thereon; disposed; pairs; magnetic; field; generators; detectors; outside; adjacent; top; bottom; coupled; signal; processing; circuitry; combining; signals; generating; monotonically; increasing; analog; control; function; utilized; operate; valves; associated; processes; processing circuitry; control valves; magnetically permeable; signal processing; control signal; pressure vessel; magnetic field; liquid level; coal slurry; control valve; magnetically coupled; pressure liquid; disposed outside; high-pressure vessel; pressure control; signal process; field generator; valves associated; vessel including; field generators; level monitor; /307/73/137/324/340/

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