Finite-element modeling of electrostatic sensors for the flow measurement of particles in pneumatic pipelines

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2730-2736

  Krabicka, Jan ^a   Yan, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrode; Electrostatic sensors; Finite element modeling (FEM); Flow measurement; Pneumatic conveying; Pulverized fuel; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CIRCULAR ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE GEOMETRIES; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; ELECTROSTATIC SENSOR; ELECTROSTATIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING (FEM); FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; LORENTZIAN CURVES; MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLES; MODELING METHOD; MODELING RESULTS; MOVING PARTICLES; NON-INTRUSIVE; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; SENSOR ELECTRODES;

CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOWMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PIPELINES; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; PULVERIZED FUEL; SENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67949117131     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2016288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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