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58-610 Model R82 Radar Transmitter
The exact level measurement is extracted from false echo
reflections and other background noise via the use of
sophisticated signal processing. The new R82 circuitry is
extremely energy efficient so no duty cycling is necessary to
accomplish effective measurement. For this reason, the R82
can track high rates of change that were heretofore impossi-
ble with existing loop-powered radar transmitters.
3.2.2 Equivalent Time Sampling
ETS, or Equivalent Time Sampling, is used to measure the
high speed, low power EM (electromagnetic) energy. ETS is
a critical key in the application of Radar to vessel level
measurement technology. The high speed electromagnetic
energy (1 ft/nS) is difficult to measure over short distances
and at the resolution required in the process industry. ETS
captures the EM signals in real time (nanoseconds) and
reconstructs them in equivalent time (milliseconds), which
is much easier to measure with today’s technology.
ETS is accomplished by scanning the tank to collect thou-
sands of samples. The round-trip event on a 40-foot (12.3m)
tank takes only 82 nanoseconds in real time. After it is
reconstructed in equivalent time it measures 135 milliseconds.
Tank
Height
Sensor Tank Height =
Distance from process
connection to tank bottom
20 mA
4 mA
Sensor Reference Point
Sensor Offset (+)
Blocking
Distance
Distance
Safe Zone
Media
Level
Level Offset
Lowest
Measurable
Value
Highest
Measureable
Value
Figure 31