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Sewage flow monitoring system

US4386409A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1980
Grant dateMay 31, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 23, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F1/002
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sewer flow monitoring system wherein the depth of fluid in a pipe is measured in pairs of transmitter-receiver ultrasonic ranging transducers. Each measurement sample is tested against a selected range criteria and against other samples, and the determined good samples are then averaged. Short range detection capability is obtained by varying the response of signal processing wherein an attenuating effect decreases with time following a transmitted pulse.

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