Title :
Model verification and parameter evaluation for a pneumatic gauging method for vented tanks
Author :
Brunnader, Rudolf ; Holler, Gert ; Brasseur, Georg
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Meas. & Meas. Signal Process., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria
Abstract :
Common pneumatic gauging methods are limited to closed vessels and therefore cannot be applied to many tank systems. The paper presents an enhanced sensor model for a pneumatic gauging method that can deal with vented tanks. The established model is parameterized with standard parameter estimation methods and is verified by practical measurements. The measurement setup for model verification and first experimental results are presented. From these measurements the acoustic admittance is calculated and the results are discussed.
Keywords :
acoustic measurement; parameter estimation; pneumatic systems; volume measurement; acoustic admittance; model verification; parameter evaluation; pneumatic gauging method; practical measurement; standard parameter estimation method; vented tank system; Acoustic measurements; Acoustics; Admittance; Admittance measurement; Frequency measurement; Integrated circuit modeling; Ventilation; Acoustic measurements; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Binjiang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7933-7
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944347