UGT Lysimeter station
UGT Lysimeter station
Our lysimeter stations in the patented containment design (patent no.: 199 07 463) are available to you as single or multiple stations. They comprise one or more lysimeter vessels with a diameter from 500 mm. The lysimeter depth is variable depending on the lysimeter diameter.
A lysimeter station consists of:
- A pressure water-tight PE-HD welded construction with (common) base plate and cover plate with openings for the lysimeters
- PE-HD lysimeter outer vessel with an outer diameter of 1,380 mm
- Single lysimeter with variable lysimeter depth and cross-sectional area
Delivery and installation of the lysimeter station
Your lysimeter station will be delivered by a freight forwarder and installed at your desired location by our trained UGT personnel. The installation of your lysimeter station includes:
- Excavation of the pit
- Preparation of the concrete subgrade
- Placement of the lysimeter station and backfilling
- Installation of the load triangles
- Insertion of the lysimeter vessels
- Professional installation of the weighing equipment
- Professional installation of the sensors
- Installation of the data acquisition technology and the power supply
- Installation of the radio data transmission
- Commissioning and handover
- Instruction in the function of the entire station
Maintenance and service of the lysimeter station
In order to be able to ensure a continuous recording of the measurement data and thus to avoid possible data failures, we recommend a maintenance of the complete system twice a year. Our maintenance and service includes
- Functional test
- Plausibility tests of all sensors based on the data records
- Checking the calibration function of the sensors, recalibration if necessary
- If necessary, filling of tensiometers that have run dry (removal, cleaning, filling and reinstallation of the sensors)
- Check of the control functions
- Check of the data acquisition and transmission unit
- Check of the power supply
- Cleaning and checking of the level controls
If defects are found during maintenance that cannot be repaired on site or if devices have to be replaced, a separate quotation will be prepared in consultation with the customer.