Municipal Lime Powder Silo Radar Level Measurement

When a Mississippi municipality needed reliable level measurement of their caustic lime silos, they turned to Flowline. Lime powder is added to mix tanks, slaked into slurry batches and applied in pH neutralization and coagulation. This is their most used chemical and water treatment stops without it. Lime powder is difficult to measure as it’s dusty and it quickly coats everything in the silos. Plant operators were dissatisfied with a different radar level sensor, because they required frequent removal and cleaning. For this reason, Flowline suggested our LR46 radar sensor which has a high power parabolic antenna and dust air purge feature that’s unaffected by material buildup. The radar sensors provide reliable level data to the SCADA which monitors the silos and alarms for lime replenishment. Flowline is reliable level measurement.