Saudi Arabia Dam Radar Level Measurement

When a Saudi system integrator needed reliable level measurement of their water dam project, they turned to Flowline. The kingdom is quickly running out of ground water and their spending billions on counter measures including desalinization plants, rainwater collection dams, and large underground piping and storage systems. While it doesn’t rain frequently, the storms can be torrential, and the dry soil typically flash floods into the valleys. There it’s a race to collect and pump the precious water into their underground network ahead of evaporation. Here a large dam sits idle awaiting rain to fill the reservoir. The I&C project manager required a long range, non-contact level sensor that’s reliable and unaffected by environmental factors including sun, wind, dust, rain and extreme turbulence. Further, the spec called for a metal enclosure and intrinsic safety, as this site is adjacent to a refinery. For these reasons, Flowline suggested our 26-GHz radar sensor that meets all such requirements. The radar sensor provides reliable level data to the SCADA, which monitors the reservoir and controls the pumps and spillway. Flowline is reliable level measurement.