| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M94298/01 |
| Title: |
A HIGHLY ADAPTIVE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SENSING SYSTEM FOR FLOW MEASUREMENT |
| Principal Investigator: |
Wang, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Mining and Mineral Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Leeds |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2000 |
Ends: |
30 April 2003 |
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52,750
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Intelligent Measurement Sys. |
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Chemicals |
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Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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The proposed research seeks to develop a novel electrical impedance tomography (EIT) sensing method and apparatus for measuring complex flow with electrically continuous or discontinuous phases (such as stratified oil/gas/water flow, bubbles and foam systems).The major feature of the proposal is to employ one conductive ring assembly as a electrical tomographic sensor. An initial investigation shows the proposed sensing strategy presents a more homogenous sensitivity distribution through the sensing domain, which should be less affected by the contact area/geometry of electrodes as used in previous EIT systems.The sensor is more convenient since it could be constructed as a flange-based flow sensor, if required, without drilling holes in the pipe wall. Therefore, it provides a realistic way for measuring the impedance changes and the spectroscopic responses (1K-1MHz) in the industrial environments. The proposed sensing strategy may provide a significant improvement at the extension of the existing boundary of EIT for a wide range of research and industrial applications in control and instrumentation of multiphase flows and colloids, soft solids and complex fluids.
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http://www.leeds.ac.uk |