Detecting Water and Coal Ore on a Conveyor Belt | Hawk ...
We used a 20kHz acoustic transducer directly over the top of the conveyor, to detect a presence or absence of material on the belt. To detect the difference between water and coal (solids), we used a very low frequency 10kHz acoustic transducer, mounted on a 60 degree angle aimed at the trough (bottom) of the conveyor belt.