Achieve Safe, Reliable and Accurate Measurements on Bitumen

Bitumen is a viscous and highly adhesive liquid that could even be regarded as semi-solid. It’s one of the most difficult applications for any level gauging system. While non-contact radar technology is the best solution for monitoring levels of bitumen, it puts a high demand on which specific radar technology to use. Digital high bandwidth Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar technology in combination with a parabolic antenna has proven to be the undisputed solution for such demanding applications.

Digital signal treatment implies an undistorted signal chain, which also maintains radar accuracy due to the absence of analogue input modules. The high bandwidth FMCW technology safeguards precision and temperature stability, which is important for reliable measurement with maintained accuracy. The parabolic antenna design has proven to be the best antenna technology for robust and reliable marine level gauging, which is more evident in challenging applications like bitumen.