Measuring Flow Parameters Of Particulate And Powdery Solids In Industrial Transportation Processes

A. Fuchs; H. Zangl Graz

doi:10.21307/ijssis-2017-296

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Measuring Flow Parameters Of Particulate And Powdery Solids In Industrial Transportation Processes

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

Volume 1 (2008): Issue 2 (January 2008)

By: A. Fuchs and H. Zangl Graz

Open Access

|Dec 2017

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of existing technologies to measure flow parameters, such as material velocity and material concentration, in industrial transportation processes of particulate and powdery solids with a focus on pneumatic conveying. Restrictions, advantages and drawbacks of state of the art measurement principles are discussed. We show that capacitance-based sensing with suitable electrode topology allows for non-invasive, low-cost determination of flow parameters. Two industrial applications for material transportation - by means of pneumatic conveying and of screw conveyors - are presented

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