Elburn, IL -- Monitoring the continuously
changing level of corn in the surge hopper of an Ethanol
production facility can be challenging. The material
level can be continuously changing and the environment
very dusty. Monitor Technologies LLC is please
to announce that its Flexar(TM) guided wave radar continuous
level measurement sensors have been successfully used
in corn surge hopper applications. At the GEAPS
show this year,Booth number
101C, Monitor will feature its Flexar continuous
level measurement system.
Unlike all other continuous level measurement technologies, guided wave radar
is unaffected by dusty environments such as what occurs during the filling of
corn surge bins. This means that reliable and accurate readings are available
at your fingertips every second. The Flexar guided wave radar unit uses
TDR (time domain reflectometry) technology to make accurate measurements. With
TDR microwave pulses are guided to the material surface along a continuous stainless
steel cable of 0.31" (8mm) diameter. The microwave pulses reflect
off the material surface and the time of flight results in the distance measurement
of empty space. The unit calculates the material level based on you silo
height information and transmits this data either through smart RS485 communications
for use with our SiloTrack inventory management system, or via a 4-20mA output
signal to a remote receiving device such as a control system or digital display
meter.
Monitor Technologies LLC is a leading supplier of level, flow, particle emission
and aeration instrumentation for the worldwide grain processing, storage and
handling industries. The experience and market knowledge gained over five
decades has earned Monitor a reputation for providing high quality and reliable
product solutions. Monitor is located in Elburn Illinois, give us a call
today and let us put our creative solutions to work for you!
For more information refer to www.flexar.info and www.monitortech.com or
contact Ms. Emily Jones at 1-800-766-6486 (630-365-9403).
SiloPatrol® SE Measuring coal powder levels when nothing else will work ….
Coal-fired power plants are commonplace around the
world. In order for these power generating stations to create
huge amounts of electricity the turbines need to be feed with steam
and the steam created by boilers that are fired by … yep,
coal. But coal as it comes from the mining operations is not
what is fed to the burners. First it is ground or pulverized
into powder. It is not unusual for the coal powder to be stored
in silos awaiting the demand for it to be fed to the burners. The
inventory of coal powder in these silos needs to be monitored to
allow for efficient operation of the power plant.
So, how do we monitor the inventory of coal powder in a silo? Not
easily. In one typical application the power plant personnel
found that the only technology that would work reliably is the modern
smart weight & cable system from Monitor Technologies LLC, the
SiloPatrol® SE.
Anhui Tongling power plant in Anhui province in China had tried
almost ever technology possible to get a reliable level measurement
in their 5 coal powder silos. Radar, ultrasonic and others
were tried, but none worked reliably. It wasn’t until
Beijing Conasen walked in and proposed that the Tongling plant use
the SiloPatrol SE smart cable-based inventory monitoring system that
the power plant personnel found a reliable solution.
Mr. William Yuan, sales manager for Beijing Conasen indicates that
the power plant tried many major brands of ultrasonic, radar, and
other technologies but that due to good relations with the Tongling
plant personnel he was able to sell three SiloPatrol SE model SMU
sensors and an HMI operator interface to them. The units were
installed by plant personnel. Because of the heavy amount of
coal dust in the silos an air purge using dry compressed air was
used. The SiloPatrol sensor incorporates the patent-pending
use of Hall-effect sensor technology, a split-compartment enclosure,
microcontroller, redundant optics and many other valuable features
and technology to ensure reliable measurement even in challenging
dust applications like coal powder.
The SiloPatrol SE system has been working reliably and the plant
has since purchased two additional sensors and connected them into
the same HMI operator interface. This same sensor technology
is working reliably at other coal-fired power stations in China as
well.
For more information on the SiloPatrol SE click
here or contact Monitor Technologies LLC at 800-766-6486 in
the USA and 630-365-9403 worldwide.
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