A TDR method for real-time monitoring of liquids

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1616-1625

  Cataldo, Andrea ^a   Tarricone, L ^a   Attivissimo, F ^b   Trotta, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coaxial transmission lines; Dielectric measurements; Liquid level measurement; Microwave reflectometry; Reflection coefficient; Time domain reflectometry (TDR)

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; REFLECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; LIQUID-LEVEL MEASUREMENT; LIQUID-MONITORING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 34648824619     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.903596     Document Type: Article

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