• DocumentCode
    3107859
  • Title

    Design and development of ultrasonic MEMS level sensing system for 3D measurement of liquid-solid hybrid surfaces

  • Author

    Asha, P.A. ; Anish, S. ; Valsalam, S.R. ; Rudrapradap

  • Author_Institution
    ER & DCI Inst. of Technol., C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram, India
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    18-20 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    149
  • Lastpage
    153
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the sensor electronics and 3D imaging display for Ultrasonic MEMS level sensing system. Conventional level sensors measure the flat level of liquid and solid surfaces. Ultrasonic MEMS level sensors can measure hybrid levels possibly mixed with solids and liquids or solid surfaces containing conical and pyramid structures. Coal bunker level measurement in Thermal Power Plants and milk powder quality measurement based on the structure of milk pyramids are examples of application of the development of Ultrasonic MEMS.
  • Keywords
    level measurement; microsensors; ultrasonic transducers; 3D imaging display; coal bunker level measurement; conical structures; hybrid level measurement; liquid-solid hybrid surfaces; milk powder quality measurement; pyramid structures; sensor electronics; solid surfaces; thermal power plants; ultrasonic MEMS level sensing system; Conferences; PZT; Ultrasonic MEMS;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Data Science & Engineering (ICDSE), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cochin, Kerala
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2148-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICDSE.2012.6281953
  • Filename
    6281953