The TankScan remote level-monitoring system gathers tank-level data via micropower impulse radar (MIR), a low-power radar system using very short electromagnetic pulses across a wide band of frequencies. Because the technology requires no moving parts or high-tech materials, TankScan systems are reliable and extremely cost-effective. Battery power ensures the measurement device is intrinsically safe and suitable for use with petroleum products and chemicals, including combustible liquids.
Mounted on top of above- or below-ground tanks, TankScan sensors generate low-energy electromagnetic impulses that travel down a thin probe immersed in the fluid. The MIR monitor can be used in tanks up to 40 feet high, with no limitations on tank width or volume. The wide-wire separation technology improves level-reading accuracy because it is unaffected by vapors that may be in the tank. Level measurement is accurate to within 0.3 inches or 0.5% of probe length.
In addition to the MIR monitor, TankScan includes a receiver/controller unit and a data-management software package. Using an RF link, the MIR monitor can transmit data more than 1,000 feet to the controller, which can manage information from 30-plus monitors. After collecting tank-level data, the controller can send the information through an analog phone line, cellular/satellite modem, Ethernet connection, or directly to a PC using a USB port. Data can be presented and interpreted either by software locally installed in an individual computer system or on the Internet from any computer with Internet access.
For more information about MIR sensing technology and TankScan remote monitoring systems, call Kurt Carpenter at 218-828-6615 or visit www.TankScan.com.