Method for determining and representing an optimal arrangement and installation of a radiometric measuring system

A method for determining and presenting an optimized arrangement and assembly of a radiometric measurement system or measurement site of an industrial process measurement-and/or process control installation, which measurement system serves for measuring at least one process variable or process parameter and which method proceeds with the aid of at least one first electronic computer and a second electronic computer connected therewith, which second electronic computer includes a display-, a processor-controlled data processing-, and an input-device, the method including the steps of:

• calculating an optimized arrangement of the measurement system on the basis of process-specific data, especially such that have an influence on the process parameter measured by the measurement system, that are transmitted from the second computer to and into the first computer;
• producing a schematic drawing presenting the arrangement of the measurement system optimized therefor and such drawing is presented on the display-device of the second computer;
• calculating an optimized arrangement of at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector of the radiometric measurement system at or on the container or pipe, with the aid of container- or pipe-specific data, especially data on the basic form and on position, diameter, wall thickness and/or materials and on a measurement range to be expected, which are transmitted from the second computer to and into the first computer;
• calculating the activity of the radiation source or radiation sources best suited for the measuring or measurings;
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• producing a schematic drawing presenting the container or the pipe and the arrangement of the radiometric measurement system optimized therefor and presenting it on the display-device of the second computer.