Development of a displacement current-based sensor for electrical capacitance tomography applications

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 241-250

  Wegleiter, H ^a   Fuchs, A ^a   Holler, G ^a   Kortschak, B ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carrier frequency; Displacement current; ECT; Electrical capacitance tomography; Low Z

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CIRCUIT THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KETONES; MEDICAL IMAGING; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SENSORS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CARRIER FREQUENCY; CIRCUIT MODELING; DISPLACEMENT CURRENT; DISPLACEMENT CURRENTS; ECT; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; FRONT-END CIRCUITS; HARDWARE DESIGNS; LOW-Z; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PERMITTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; STRAY CAPACITANCES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 49349115652     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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