Research on Application of High Temperature and High Pressure Radar Liquid Level Measurement in Nuclear Power Plant

At present, the water levels of high-temperature and high-pressure vessels such as voltage stabilizers and steam generators on ships' nuclear power plants are measured by the pressure principle. Affected by the load conditions in the vessels, the differential pressure water level measurement has problems of low accuracy and low reliability. The radar type liquid level gauge has the advantages of high precision and high reliability, and is an effective means of measuring the liquid level of high temperature and high pressure containers. In this paper, a FMCW system split guided wave radar based on the principle of frequency domain reflection (FDR) is proposed for liquid level measurement. The antenna probe part and the electronics part adopt a split structure, and the electronics part is installed in the secondary instrument cabin with better environmental conditions., the radar is easy to meet the index requirements of shock, vibration and irradiation. The high-frequency signal emitted by the radar antenna is conducted along the coaxial rod probe, and the signal will be reflected only when it encounters the surface of the material, which effectively eliminates the influence of obstacles such as the heating plate in the container, the internal reference pipe water replenishment device and the reference pipe connection. Non-blind zone measurement of liquid level to meet the liquid level measurement requirements of high temperature and high pressure vessels in ship nuclear power plants.