A portable capacitance probe for detection of interface levels in multi-phase flows – A case study

1st World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 289-296

  Jaworski, A J ^a   Dyakowski, T ^a   Davies, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interface detection; Multiphase flow; Oil water separators

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL SHALE; SEPARATORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CAPACITANCE PROBES; CAPACITANCE SENSORS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; INTERFACE DETECTION; OIL WATER SEPARATORS; PROTOTYPE DEVICES;

PROBES;

EID: 0005022004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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