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Anton Fuchs, Hubert Zangl, Georg Brasseur

Flow Parameter Determination in Pneumatic Dilute Phase Flow Applications

Keywords: velocity profile, concentration profile, mass flow, dilute-phase pneumatic conveying

This paper investigates possible approaches towards the development of a flowmeter that allows the determination of the material velocity and the material concentration in pneumatically conveyed bulk solids. These two flow parameters yield the mass flow of material through the conveyor pipe. Measurement methods and sensor principles that satisfy requirements for the flowmeter have been realized as prototype-sensors and were tested in practical dilute phase conveying applications. In particular, the development and the application of optical principles, of a sensor based on spatial filtering, and a capacitive cross-correlation sensor are addressed in the present work.

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Print ISSN: 0171-8096
Volume: 74, 04/2007
Pages: 185 - 195

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