Submersible pressure transducers are incredibly versatile and inexpensive. They can measure the level of just about any liquid within their temperature range. Because of this, they’re often used in waste liquids where the exact chemical makeup is ill defined. They’re also becoming popular for battery powered applications because of their low current draw.
Lift Stations
A wastewater lift station is a critical piece of the waste treatment puzzle. It is a pump station for waste lines, collecting it from either gravity fed lines or from another lift station upstream. Once the lift station well is full, it activates pumps that push the waste down the line, until it reaches a waste treatment facility.
Submersible pressure transducers are a central component of a lift station because it drives the pump control and prevents hazardous and expensive overflows of waste, called Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs). Other level sensing technologies are used as well, but the submersible pressure transducer is very common because of it’s durability, simplicity, and low cost.
Leachate Tanks
Landfills are constructed using large barriers to keep the waste from contaminating the soil and water supply below. These barriers hold in everything, liquid and solid. To keep the moisture in the waste from forming a rather unpleasant pool at the bottom the landfill, the leaching liquid is drained and processed as waste. This liquid is called leachate.
It’s exact chemical composition is variable - a direct product of whatever is tossed into the landfill. Our submersible pressure transducers offer the chemical compatibility and longevity needed to work in these underground pits.
Low Power, Low Cost Tank Level
Submersible pressure sensors will be a staple in the industry for many years due to their low cost, versatility, and low power consumption. This makes them an ideal candidate for remote tank level monitoring as well - where battery power is required much of the time.
Power consumption is an increasing concern, one that is difficult to resolve with many other level sensors because of the nature of their operation requirements. Inferring level from a pressure sensor is much easier on power consumption. The sensor isn’t exciting a signal, but simply monitoring the change in a small electrical circuit. The response time - from turning on the sensor to getting a valid reading - is much faster as well, further reducing the power consumption of our submersible pressure transducers.
