The invention discloses a 3D material level measuring device and method based on
quantum single
photon detection, and belongs to the technical field of industrial measurement. The device comprises a single-
photon transmitting and receiving unit, a
light beam deflection motion unit, an integrated control module, an optical auxiliary
assembly and a data output unit, a single-
photon transmitting module covers a 1310-1550 nm
human eye safe
wave band, and a detection module is compatible with various single-photon-level devices such as a gated
avalanche photodiode and a
silicon photomultiplier. The
light beam deflection motion unit can be a high-speed
galvanometer, an electric holder or a combination of the high-speed
galvanometer and the electric holder, the optical auxiliary
assembly achieves
interference resistance through light filtering, light splitting and light isolation, the integrated control module adopts an industrial master control
chip and supports 0-80 m material
level measurement and historical data local storage, and the data output unit is provided with 4-20 mA analog quantity and an RS485
Modbus protocol in a standard mode. 4G / 5G and
Ethernet communication modules can be expanded and selected. According to the method, through the steps of synchronous triggering, global scanning, multi-stage anti-interference
signal processing, three-dimensional
point cloud reconstruction and data output, high-precision measurement of the material level height + / -2 mm to + / -8 mm within the range of 0-80 meters is achieved, and the volume
calculation error is smaller than or equal to 0.8%. The technical problems of single-point measurement, weak anti-interference and existence of blind areas of a traditional level gage are solved, and the level gage is suitable for complex working conditions such as
coal mines and
chemical engineering, wide in protection range and remarkable in popularization value.