Title :
Mass Flowmeter for Screw Conveyors Based on Capacitive Sensing
Author :
Fuchs, Anton ; Zangl, Hubert ; Brasseur, Georg
Author_Institution :
Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz
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;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0588-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2007.379169
