Measurement of slug length and slug velocity in pneumatic conveying using capacitive sensing

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-209

  Fuchs, Anton ^a   Zangl, Hubert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensing; Slug flow conveying; Slug length determination; Velocity determination

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVEYING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOWMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

CAPACITIVE SENSING; SLUG FLOW CONVEYING; SLUG LENGTH DETERMINATION; VELOCITY DETERMINATION;

PNEUMATIC DRIVES;

EID: 35248855042     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200600998     Document Type: Article

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