A new method for flow rate measurement in millimeter-scale pipes

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1563-1577

  Ji, Haifeng ^a   Gao, Xuemin ^a   Wang, Baoliang ^a   Huang, Zhiyao ^a   Li, Haiqing ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection; Cross correlation flow measurement; Flow rate measurement; Millimeter scale pipes

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVELY COUPLED CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION; CROSS CORRELATIONS; FLOW RATE MEASUREMENTS; INNER DIAMETERS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MILLIMETER-SCALE; TWO PARTS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; SENSORS;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 84873816516     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130201563     Document Type: Article

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