An instrumentation system using combined sensing strategies for online mass flow rate measurement and particle sizing

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1433-1437

  Carter, Robert M ^a   Yan, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital imaging; Electrostatic sensors; Mass flow rate; Particle size; Particulate flow; Pneumatic conveying

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL IMAGING; ELECTROSTATIC SENSORS; MASS FLOW RATE; PARTICULATE FLOW; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 23344438112     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.851195     Document Type: Article

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