Water detection in fuel tanks using the microwave reflection technique

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1905-1911

  Khalid, Kaida ^a   Grozescu, Ionel Valeriu ^a   Tiong, Lim Keng ^a   Sim, Lee Teck ^a   Mohd, Roslim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fuel tank; Microwaves; Water level

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CORROSION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOTION CONTROL; SENSORS; WATER LEVELS;

MICROWAVE GENERATORS;

FUEL TANKS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0345276796     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/14/11/008     Document Type: Article

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