Flow and level monitoring fluid system including nadir-facing and angle flow sensors with MIMO phase radar sensors
AssigneeHydro Radar, LLC
InventorsGerard Edwards, Zongbo Wang
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Abstract
A system for observing a flow characteristic of a fluid is provided. The system comprises a nadir-facing sensor, an angle flow sensor, and processing circuitry. The nadir-facing sensor and the angle flow sensor are both provided at a distance above the fluid, and the nadir-facing sensor and the angle flow sensor are both Multiple-Input Multiple-Output phase radar sensors. The processing circuitry is configured to receive sensor data from the nadir-facing sensor and the angle flow sensor, the sensor data includes at least one of a fluid speed or a fluid surface level, and the processing circuitry is configured to determine the flow characteristic based upon the sensor data.
Claims19
A system for observing a flow characteristic of a fluid comprising:
- a nadir-facing sensor;
- an angle flow sensor;
- processing circuitry;
- wherein the nadir-facing sensor and the angle flow sensor are both provided at a distance above the fluid, wherein the nadir-facing sensor and the angle flow sensor are both Multiple-Input Multiple-Output phase radar sensors that are configured to create a virtual array, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive sensor data from the nadir-facing sensor and the angle flow sensor, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of a fluid speed or a fluid surface level, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the flow characteristic based upon the sensor data.
A method for using a monitor, the method comprising:
- providing the monitor that includes processing circuitry and that is configured to be positioned at a distance above a fluid being measured;
- providing an angle flow sensor and a nadir-facing sensor, wherein the angle flow sensor and the nadir-facing sensor are both Multiple-Input Multiple-Output radar sensors that are configured to create a virtual array;
- positioning the angle flow sensor and the nadir-facing sensor in the monitor;
- determining a position for the monitor in a non-pressurized pipe system;
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- installing the monitor at the position so that the monitor is configured to reflect radar signals off of a wall in the non-pressurized pipe system,
- wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive sensor data from the angle flow sensor, and wherein the sensor data includes at least one of a fluid speed or a fluid surface level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.