{"id":31339,"date":"2026-01-15T05:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instrava.com\/?p=31339"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:36:41","slug":"guided-wave-radar-level-transmitter-vs-fmcw-radar-level-transmitter-choosing-measurement-certainty-over-convenience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instrava.com\/fr\/guided-wave-radar-level-transmitter-vs-fmcw-radar-level-transmitter-choosing-measurement-certainty-over-convenience\/","title":{"rendered":"Transmetteur de niveau radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es vs. transmetteur de niveau radar FMCW : Choisir la certitude de la mesure plut\u00f4t que la commodit\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31339\" class=\"elementor elementor-31339\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"default no-position show_shadow rs-sticky-default elementor-element elementor-element-374888a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"374888a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d623b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58d623b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"698\">Lorsque les utilisateurs industriels comparent les technologies de mesure de niveau, la discussion commence souvent par les caract\u00e9ristiques techniques et se termine par le prix. Cependant, dans les environnements de production r\u00e9els, le facteur d\u00e9terminant est rarement la pr\u00e9cision th\u00e9orique. C'est plut\u00f4t <em data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"617\">certitude des mesures<\/em>\u2014 la certitude que la mesure refl\u00e8te la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 dans toutes les conditions d'exploitation.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"1005\">C'est l\u00e0 que la comparaison entre les solutions de transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e et celles \u00e0 radar FMCW prend tout son sens. Bien qu'il s'agisse dans les deux cas de technologies bas\u00e9es sur le radar, elles r\u00e9agissent de mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rente face aux incertitudes du processus, \u00e0 la variabilit\u00e9 des mat\u00e9riaux et aux contraintes op\u00e9rationnelles \u00e0 long terme.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1228\">Cet article examine leurs diff\u00e9rences sous l'angle de la prise de d\u00e9cision plut\u00f4t que sous celui d'une explication technique, afin d'aider les ing\u00e9nieurs et les \u00e9quipes de projet \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer dans quels cas la pr\u00e9cision des mesures prime sur la facilit\u00e9 d'installation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1233\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1286\">Certitude de mesure contre flexibilit\u00e9 de mesure<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1374\">Une bonne fa\u00e7on d'aborder cette comparaison consiste \u00e0 examiner les aspects que chaque technologie vise \u00e0 optimiser.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1568\">A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/instrava.com\/product\/guided-wave-radar-level-transmitter\/\">transmetteur de niveau radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es<\/a><\/strong> privil\u00e9gie un comportement contr\u00f4l\u00e9 du signal. En guidant le signal radar le long d'une sonde, cette technique r\u00e9duit le nombre de variables inconnues dans le trajet de mesure.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1792\">Un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar FMCW privil\u00e9gie la flexibilit\u00e9 de mesure. En tant que solution sans contact, il \u00e9vite toute intrusion m\u00e9canique, mais doit interpr\u00e9ter les signaux qui se propagent librement dans l'environnement de process.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1905\">Aucune de ces deux approches n'est universellement sup\u00e9rieure. La diff\u00e9rence prend tout son sens lorsque l'incertitude entre en jeu.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"1907\" data-end=\"1910\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1959\">Comment l'incertitude li\u00e9e au processus influence la d\u00e9cision<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"1961\" data-end=\"2077\">Dans des conditions stables, la plupart des radars fonctionnent correctement. La difficult\u00e9 survient lorsque les conditions ne sont pas stables.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2096\">Voici quelques exemples :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2308\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2140\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2140\">Modification des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s di\u00e9lectriques d'un produit<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2141\" data-end=\"2189\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2143\" data-end=\"2189\">Mesure d'interface entre plusieurs milieux<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2223\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2192\" data-end=\"2223\">Accumulation ou d\u00e9p\u00f4t au fil du temps<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2224\" data-end=\"2265\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2226\" data-end=\"2265\">Conditions variables de vapeur ou de pression<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2266\" data-end=\"2308\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2268\" data-end=\"2308\">D\u00e9marrages et arr\u00eats fr\u00e9quents du processus<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"2310\" data-end=\"2529\">Dans ces cas de figure, la mani\u00e8re dont un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e d\u00e9limite le trajet de mesure se traduit souvent par un comportement du signal plus pr\u00e9visible. Cette pr\u00e9visibilit\u00e9 peut s'av\u00e9rer plus utile que la commodit\u00e9 offerte par la mesure sans contact.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"2531\" data-end=\"2534\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"2536\" data-end=\"2599\">Transmetteur de niveau radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e et fiabilit\u00e9 de l'interface<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"2601\" data-end=\"2820\">La mesure d'interface est l'un des domaines dans lesquels on opte souvent pour des transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es. La mesure de la limite entre deux liquides n\u00e9cessite une interaction constante entre le signal et les milieux.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"2822\" data-end=\"2928\">Le signal restant guid\u00e9 physiquement, les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es offrent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement les caract\u00e9ristiques suivantes :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"3066\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"2961\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2932\" data-end=\"2961\">D\u00e9tection plus pr\u00e9cise de l'interface<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"3007\">\r\n<p data-start=\"2964\" data-end=\"3007\">Sensibilit\u00e9 r\u00e9duite \u00e0 la turbulence de surface<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"3008\" data-end=\"3066\">\r\n<p data-start=\"3010\" data-end=\"3066\">Une meilleure r\u00e9p\u00e9tabilit\u00e9 lorsque les propri\u00e9t\u00e9s du produit varient<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"3068\" data-end=\"3255\">Cela explique pourquoi l'expression \u00ab transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es pour la mesure d'interface \u00bb est une expression de recherche \u00e0 longue tra\u00eene courante chez les ing\u00e9nieurs travaillant avec des s\u00e9parateurs, des r\u00e9acteurs et des cuves de stockage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"3257\" data-end=\"3260\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"3262\" data-end=\"3304\">Radar FMCW et d\u00e9pendance vis-\u00e0-vis de l'environnement<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"3306\" data-end=\"3507\">Un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar FMCW repose sur la propagation du signal dans l'espace libre. Si cela permet une mesure sans contact, cela implique \u00e9galement une d\u00e9pendance vis-\u00e0-vis des conditions environnementales \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur de la cuve.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"3509\" data-end=\"3773\">Les variations de la densit\u00e9 des vapeurs, la formation de mousse ou la pr\u00e9sence d'obstacles internes peuvent modifier le comportement du signal. Les transmetteurs de niveau radar FMCW modernes compensent ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un traitement avanc\u00e9 du signal, mais la mesure reste intrins\u00e8quement sensible \u00e0 la variabilit\u00e9 du proc\u00e9d\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"3775\" data-end=\"3939\">Pour les applications o\u00f9 les conditions environnementales sont bien ma\u00eetris\u00e9es, ce compromis est acceptable. Dans les proc\u00e9d\u00e9s soumis \u00e0 de fortes variations, le niveau d'incertitude augmente.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"3941\" data-end=\"3944\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"3946\" data-end=\"3993\">La stabilit\u00e9 tout au long du cycle de vie comme crit\u00e8re de s\u00e9lection<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"3995\" data-end=\"4144\">De nombreuses d\u00e9cisions d'achat sont ax\u00e9es sur la r\u00e9ussite de la mise en service. Cependant, c'est souvent la stabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 long terme qui d\u00e9termine si un instrument est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme fiable.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"4146\" data-end=\"4384\">Un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e pr\u00e9sente g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement un comportement de mesure constant dans le temps, car le trajet du signal reste fixe. M\u00eame lorsque les conditions \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur de la cuve changent, le signal guid\u00e9 subit moins d'influences ext\u00e9rieures.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"4386\" data-end=\"4655\">Cette caract\u00e9ristique est particuli\u00e8rement appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e dans les applications o\u00f9 le recalibrage ou les v\u00e9rifications fr\u00e9quentes s'av\u00e8rent co\u00fbteux ou difficiles \u00e0 mettre en \u0153uvre. Par cons\u00e9quent, la stabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 long terme des transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es est un sujet qui suscite un int\u00e9r\u00eat croissant dans les secteurs o\u00f9 la maintenance joue un r\u00f4le pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rant.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"4657\" data-end=\"4660\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"4662\" data-end=\"4714\">Pr\u00e9sence m\u00e9canique contre pr\u00e9visibilit\u00e9 op\u00e9rationnelle<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"4716\" data-end=\"4934\">L'un des arguments couramment avanc\u00e9s contre les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es est la pr\u00e9sence d'une sonde \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur de la cuve. Si cela implique certaines contraintes m\u00e9caniques, cela offre \u00e9galement un point de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour la mesure.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"4936\" data-end=\"5082\">En revanche, <a href=\"https:\/\/instrava.com\/fmcw-vs-pulse-radar-what-datasheets-dont-tell-you-about-radar-level-transmitter-performance\/\"><strong>Solutions de transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar FMCW<\/strong><\/a> \u00e9liminer les interf\u00e9rences m\u00e9caniques, mais exigent une plus grande fiabilit\u00e9 des algorithmes d'interpr\u00e9tation des signaux.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"5084\" data-end=\"5129\">Le choix rev\u00eat donc un caract\u00e8re philosophique :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"5131\" data-end=\"5231\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"5131\" data-end=\"5185\">\r\n<p data-start=\"5133\" data-end=\"5185\">Ce proc\u00e9d\u00e9 est-il plus tol\u00e9rant vis-\u00e0-vis de la pr\u00e9sence de particules m\u00e9caniques ?<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"5186\" data-end=\"5231\">\r\n<p data-start=\"5188\" data-end=\"5231\">Ou bien est-il plus tol\u00e9rant vis-\u00e0-vis de l'ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 du signal ?<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"5233\" data-end=\"5329\">Les secteurs d'activit\u00e9 g\u00e9rant des stocks critiques privil\u00e9gient souvent la pr\u00e9visibilit\u00e9 au d\u00e9triment d'une intrusion minimale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"5331\" data-end=\"5334\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"5336\" data-end=\"5382\">Performances dans des conditions de fonctionnement anormales<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"5384\" data-end=\"5459\">C'est dans des conditions anormales que l'on peut observer le v\u00e9ritable comportement d'un syst\u00e8me de mesure de niveau.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"5461\" data-end=\"5483\">Lors d'\u00e9v\u00e9nements tels que :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"5485\" data-end=\"5562\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"5485\" data-end=\"5514\">\r\n<p data-start=\"5487\" data-end=\"5514\">Remplissage ou vidange rapide<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"5515\" data-end=\"5535\">\r\n<p data-start=\"5517\" data-end=\"5535\">\u00c9pisodes d'\u00e9cume<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"5536\" data-end=\"5562\">\r\n<p data-start=\"5538\" data-end=\"5562\">Variations de temp\u00e9rature<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"5564\" data-end=\"5832\">Un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e continue souvent de fournir une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence stable, car le signal reste coupl\u00e9 \u00e0 la sonde. Les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde continue modul\u00e9e (FMCW) peuvent continuer \u00e0 fonctionner, mais la fiabilit\u00e9 de la mesure d\u00e9pend fortement de l'interpr\u00e9tation de l'\u00e9cho.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"5834\" data-end=\"6023\">Cette diff\u00e9rence explique pourquoi les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es destin\u00e9s aux applications difficiles restent tr\u00e8s recherch\u00e9s, malgr\u00e9 l'existence de solutions radar sans contact de pointe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"6025\" data-end=\"6028\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"6030\" data-end=\"6076\">Consid\u00e9rations financi\u00e8res au-del\u00e0 de l'achat initial<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"6078\" data-end=\"6135\">Le co\u00fbt initial de l'instrument n'est qu'un \u00e9l\u00e9ment parmi d'autres.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"6137\" data-end=\"6165\">Les co\u00fbts \u00e0 long terme peuvent inclure :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"6167\" data-end=\"6294\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6167\" data-end=\"6201\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6169\" data-end=\"6201\">D\u00e9pannage en cas de mesures erron\u00e9es<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6202\" data-end=\"6222\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6204\" data-end=\"6222\">Temps d'arr\u00eat du processus<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6223\" data-end=\"6249\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6225\" data-end=\"6249\">Att\u00e9nuation des risques li\u00e9s \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6250\" data-end=\"6294\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6252\" data-end=\"6294\">Temps consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l'optimisation du signal<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"6296\" data-end=\"6492\">Dans les applications o\u00f9 une erreur de mesure peut avoir de graves cons\u00e9quences, le choix d'un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es se justifie souvent davantage par la r\u00e9duction du risque op\u00e9rationnel que par son prix d'achat plus bas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"6494\" data-end=\"6497\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"6499\" data-end=\"6546\">Pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences r\u00e9gionales et comportement de recherche GEO<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"6548\" data-end=\"6617\">Le comportement de recherche met en \u00e9vidence les diff\u00e9rences entre les r\u00e9gions dans la mani\u00e8re d'aborder cette d\u00e9cision.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"6619\" data-end=\"7026\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6619\" data-end=\"6746\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6621\" data-end=\"6746\">En Europe, le choix d'un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 ondes guid\u00e9es est souvent li\u00e9 \u00e0 la r\u00e9p\u00e9tabilit\u00e9 et \u00e0 une logique de mesure justifiable.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6747\" data-end=\"6837\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6749\" data-end=\"6837\">Aux \u00c9tats-Unis, les analyses comparatives portent principalement sur la fiabilit\u00e9 et l'impact sur la maintenance.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"6838\" data-end=\"7026\">\r\n<p data-start=\"6840\" data-end=\"7026\">Au Moyen-Orient, les comparaisons entre les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e et les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar FMCW reviennent souvent dans le cadre de la mesure des interfaces et des environnements de process difficiles.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"7028\" data-end=\"7156\">La compr\u00e9hension de ces pr\u00e9occupations li\u00e9es \u00e0 la g\u00e9olocalisation permet d'expliquer pourquoi ces deux technologies continuent de coexister au lieu de se remplacer l'une l'autre.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"7158\" data-end=\"7161\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"7163\" data-end=\"7218\">Faire son choix en fonction du profil de risque, et non des tendances technologiques<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"7220\" data-end=\"7312\">Les tendances technologiques privil\u00e9gient les solutions sans contact, mais la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 industrielle privil\u00e9gie la r\u00e9duction des risques.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"7314\" data-end=\"7375\">On opte souvent pour un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e lorsque :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"7377\" data-end=\"7522\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"7377\" data-end=\"7414\">\r\n<p data-start=\"7379\" data-end=\"7414\">La fiabilit\u00e9 des mesures est essentielle<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"7415\" data-end=\"7464\">\r\n<p data-start=\"7417\" data-end=\"7464\">Une interface ou un milieu \u00e0 faible constante di\u00e9lectrique est pr\u00e9sent(e)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"7465\" data-end=\"7522\">\r\n<p data-start=\"7467\" data-end=\"7522\">La stabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 long terme prime sur la simplicit\u00e9 d'installation<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"7524\" data-end=\"7579\">On opte souvent pour un transmetteur de niveau \u00e0 radar FMCW dans les cas suivants :<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"7581\" data-end=\"7708\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"7581\" data-end=\"7621\">\r\n<p data-start=\"7583\" data-end=\"7621\">La mesure sans contact est obligatoire<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"7622\" data-end=\"7667\">\r\n<p data-start=\"7624\" data-end=\"7667\">Les conditions de traitement sont relativement homog\u00e8nes<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"7668\" data-end=\"7708\">\r\n<p data-start=\"7670\" data-end=\"7708\">Il faut \u00e9viter toute intrusion m\u00e9canique<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-start=\"7710\" data-end=\"7796\">Le choix appropri\u00e9 d\u00e9pend moins du type de radar que de la tol\u00e9rance au risque op\u00e9rationnel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr data-start=\"7798\" data-end=\"7801\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 data-start=\"7803\" data-end=\"7816\">Conclusion<\/h2>\r\n<p data-start=\"7818\" data-end=\"8024\">La comparaison entre les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e et ceux \u00e0 radar FMCW ne porte pas sur la question de savoir quelle technologie est la plus avanc\u00e9e. Elle porte plut\u00f4t sur le degr\u00e9 d'incertitude qu'un processus peut tol\u00e9rer.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"8026\" data-end=\"8220\">Les transmetteurs de niveau \u00e0 radar \u00e0 onde guid\u00e9e offrent un comportement de signal contr\u00f4l\u00e9 et une pr\u00e9visibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 long terme. 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