Monitoring of droplet growth with nano-litre resolution for liquid flow rate, level or surface tension measurement

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 18-27

  Auge, Jörg ^a   Dieks, Karsten ^a   Prange, Stefan ^a   Henning, Bernd ^a  

^a Ifak eV Magdeburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensors; Droplet growth; Flow and level measurement; Surface tension measurement

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CAPACITORS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; SENSORS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; DROPLET GROWTH; FLOW AND LEVEL MEASUREMENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 1642525750     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.09.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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