Leakage detection system and method

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A method of detecting leakage, comprising the steps of: performing a sequence of monitoring operations; and providing, when it is determined that leakage is present, a signal indicative of detected leakage. Each monitoring operation includes the steps of: generating a transmit signal exhibiting a time-varying frequency; receiving a reflection signal resulting from reflection of the transmit signal at the surface; forming an intermediate frequency signal for the present monitoring operation based on the transmit signal and the reflection signal; determining a phase of the intermediate frequency signal for the present monitoring operation; determining, based on the phase for the present monitoring operation and the phase associated with at least one previous monitoring operation, a measure indicative of a present rate of change of the phase; comparing the measure with a predefined threshold value; and determining a presence of leakage based on the comparison.

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ROSEMOUNT TANK RADAR ABBOX 150 MOLNLYCKE SE-435 23

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Blomberg, Urban Linköping, SE 16 229
Delin, Håkan Linköping, SE 18 46
Larsson, Lars-Ove Linköping, SE 11 21

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