Radiometric density profile measuring arrangement
AssigneeVEGA Grieshaber KG
InventorRalf Koernle
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Abstract
A radiometric density profile measuring arrangement for determining a density profile of a bulk material located in a container comprising a multitude of radiation sources and a detection unit for detecting radioactive radiation with a scintillator to generate radiation-induced light flashes, a photosensitive element for generating an electrical signal based on said light flashes, and measuring electronics for processing the electrical signal, with the scintillator being embodied in an oblong fashion.
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A radiometric density profile measuring arrangement for determining a density profile of a bulk material located in a container comprising at least one gamma radiation source and a detection unit for detecting radioactive gamma radiation with a scintillator to generate gamma radiation-induced light flashes, a photosensitive element for generating an electric signal based on said light flashes, and measuring electronics for processing an electric signal, wherein the scintillator is elongated and the measuring electronics have an amplitude measuring device and a device to determine a distribution of amplitudes, consisting of a correlation between pulse amplitudes in mV and the number of pulses in each predetermined mV-interval, in order to suggest a density profile of the bulk material.
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