DocumentCode
2908640
Title
Mass Flowmeter for Screw Conveyors Based on Capacitive Sensing
Author
Fuchs, Anton ; Zangl, Hubert ; Brasseur, Georg
Author_Institution
Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz
fYear
2007
fDate
1-3 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
This paper presents a measurement principle for the reliable determination of the mass flow of material through screw conveyors. The device is based on capacitive sensing with the characteristic that parts of the pipe content can be analyzed in a spatially resolving manner. Finite element analysis is used to investigate the sensor head and to estimate the performance of the sensor.
Keywords
capacitive sensors; conveyors; finite element analysis; flowmeters; bulk materials transportation; capacitive sensing; finite element analysis; mass flowmeter; measurement principle; screw conveyors; Blades; Capacitive sensors; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Fasteners; Fluid flow measurement; Materials handling; Performance analysis; Transmitters; Transportation; Bulk Materials Transportation; Capacitive Sensing; Screw Conveyor;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location
Warsaw
ISSN
1091-5281
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0588-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMTC.2007.379169
Filename
4258088
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