Asymmetrical locations of heaters and sensors relative to each other using heater arrays: A novel method for designing multi-range electrocaloric mass-flow sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 506-512

  Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Dötzel, Wolfram ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrocaloric principle; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Multi range mass flow sensors; Silicon sensors

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESISTORS;

HEATER ARRAYS; MULTIRANGE ELECTROCALORIC MASS FLOW SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

SILICON SENSORS;

EID: 0031177037     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01529-X     Document Type: Article

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