A novel level measurement technique using tree capacitive sensors for liquids

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3762-3768

  Canbolat, Hüseyin ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capacitance measurement; Dielectric liquids; Digital measurements; Level measurement; Liquids

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; CAPACITIVE STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIGITAL MEASUREMENTS; EXISTING METHOD; LIQUID LEVEL; PARALLEL PLATES;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENTS; SENSORS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TRANSMITTERS;

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 70349466794     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2019715     Document Type: Article

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