Optimised design of intrusive electrostatic sensors for the velocity measurement of pneumatically conveyed particles

2009 IEEE Intrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-345

  Krabicka, Jan ^a   Yan, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrode; Electrostatic sensor; Flow measurement; Pulverized coal; Twophase flow

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; ELECTRODE DIMENSIONS; ELECTROSTATIC SENSOR; MEAN VELOCITIES; OPTIMISATIONS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED PARTICLES; PULVERIZED COALS; SENSOR SIGNALS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; FLOWMETERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PIPELINES; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; SENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70449866822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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