Development and characterization of a capacitance-based microscale flowmeter

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-84

  Alvarado, Jorge ^a   Mireles Jr , José ^b   Soriano, Guillermo ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Flowmeter; Laminar flow; Low Reynolds number; Microscale

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCES; LAMINAR FLOW CONDITIONS; LOW COSTS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; MICROSCALE; REYNOLDS; SENSING ELEMENTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; TESTING FLUIDS;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 60749090825     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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