Velocity measurement of pneumatically conveyed particles using intrusive electrostatic sensors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1477-1484

  Shao, Jiaqing ^a   Krabicka, Jan ^a   Yan, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Electrode; Electrostatic sensor; Flow measurement; Pulverized fuel; Two phase flow; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PARTICLE; ELECTRODE DIMENSIONS; ELECTROSTATIC SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAST DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; MODELING RESULTS; PARTICLE FLOW; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED PARTICLES; PULVERIZED COALS; SENSOR SIGNALS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

BIOMASS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; MEASUREMENTS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; PULVERIZED FUEL; SENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

VELOCITY;

EID: 77950918064     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2040960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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