Industrial · Strong theory

Tank & Silo Fill-Level Field Imaging

Reads how full a tank or silo is — no probes, no holes drilled.

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The physics is solid; our own validation is scheduled.

WiFi waves travel differently through liquid or powder than through air, so the surface of the contents acts like an invisible line the signals can find. As the level rises or falls, that line moves and the signals crossing the vessel change with it.

In the physics: Liquid (water eps_r~80, hydrocarbons ~2-4) vs air creates a strong dielectric discontinuity at the fill surface. As level changes, multipath rays that graze or transit the vessel shift in delay (slower propagation through high-eps_r media) and amplitude (reflection coefficient at the air/liquid interface moves spatially). This is a geometry observable, not a motion observable.
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Bring this into the real roomMachine Bay Watch6 sensing nodes · ~$320 parts · about 120 min
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How the field becomes an answer

CIR sparse recovery of super-resolved path delays through the vessel volume (stage 1) RFF/NeRF eps_r field reconstruction localizing the dielectric boundary height (stage 5) compartment Kalman on level state for smooth trending (stage 6). Axis discovery (stage 7) calibrates the level axis by observing a known fill/drain cycle.

How we prove it

Own-hardware: 6-node ESP32 mesh around a 200L plastic drum, stepped water fill in 10% increments, blind level regression; repeat with diesel to test low-eps_r contrast. ESP32-wall dataset validates the through-obstruction CIR pipeline.

Who it is for

Inventory-grade tank telemetry from $100 of hardware and zero tank penetrations — for the terminal operations manager who can't shut down to install radar gauges.

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Complete first-room estimateMachine Bay Watch6 nodes · ~$320 parts · 120 min Request kit, subscribe, or set up →
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