A novel technique towards deployment of hydrostatic pressure based level sensor in nuclear fuel reprocessing facility

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Praveen, K ^a   Rajiniganth, M P ^a   Arun, A D ^a   Sahoo, P ^a   Satya Murty, S A V ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRESSURE SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SENSOR; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MONITORING DEVICE; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; RADIOACTIVE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; WIRELESS DATA ACQUISITIONS;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 85015243591     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: 10897623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4941961     Document Type: Article

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