Abstract: A system for monitoring an underground propane tank, comprising a controller; a moisture sensor coupled in communication with the controller, wherein the controller is configured to measure a moisture associated with the tank; a voltage probe coupled in communication with the controller, wherein voltage probe is adapted to be disposed at least partially underground, and wherein the controller is configured to measure a potential difference between the tank and soil surrounding the tank, when the moisture associated with the tank is measured to be above a predetermined threshold; and an anode sensor coupled to an anode of the tank and coupled in communication with the controller, wherein the controller is configured to monitor the anode using the anode sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
Mopeka Products LLC
Inventors:
Joel Reese Moore, Jonathan Louis Kaufmann, Jason Duane Peck
Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring liquid height in a tank can include a housing, a transducer, and a couplant. The housing can have an interior and an aperture, the aperture placing the interior of the housing in communication with the environment external to the housing. The transducer can be seated within the aperture. The couplant can be mechanically connected to the transducer and can have a compressible couplant body. The couplant body can extend between the transducer and the external environment for transmitting an acoustic pulse from the transducer to a tank bottom for measuring height of a liquid overlaying the transducer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignee:
Mopeka Products LLC
Inventors:
Joel Reese Moore, Jonathan Louis Kaufmann, Jason Duane Peck
Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring liquid height in a tank can include a housing, a transducer, and a couplant. The housing can have an interior and an aperture, the aperture placing the interior of the housing in communication with the environment external to the housing. The transducer can be seated within the aperture. The couplant can be mechanically connected to the transducer and can have a compressible couplant body. The couplant body can extend between the transducer and the external environment for transmitting an acoustic pulse from the transducer to a tank bottom for measuring height of a liquid overlaying the transducer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 25, 2020
Assignee:
Mopeka Products LLC
Inventors:
Joel Reese Moore, Jonathan Louis Kaufmann, Jason Duane Peck
Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring liquid height in a tank can include a housing, a transducer, and a couplant. The housing can have an interior and an aperture, the aperture placing the interior of the housing in communication with the environment external to the housing. The transducer can be seated within the aperture. The couplant can be mechanically connected to the transducer and can have a compressible couplant body. The couplant body can extend between the transducer and the external environment for transmitting an acoustic pulse from the transducer to a tank bottom for measuring height of a liquid overlaying the transducer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
Mopeka Products LLC
Inventors:
Joel Reese Moore, Jonathan Louis Kaufman, Jason Duane Peck