Real time mass flow rate measurement using multiple fan beam optical tomography

• Published in: ISA transactions Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 3 - 14
• Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, R., Leong, L.C., Chan, K.S., Rahiman, M.H., Pang, J.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Algorithms; Calibration; Exact sciences and technology; Fan beam; Fiber Optic Technology; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Instrumentation for fluid dynamics; Light; Mass flowrate; Optical tomography; Physics; Projection geometry; Sensors mapping; Tomography - instrumentation; Fan beam; Projection geometry; Sensors mapping; Optical tomography; Mass flowrate; Optical fibers; Flow rate; Image processing; Measurement sensor; Flow measurement; Particle suspension; Real time; Image reconstruction; Gas solid flow; Optical measurement; Mass measurement; Tomography; Optical sensors; Flowmetry; Velocity measurement; Mass flow; Gravity

This paper presents the implementing multiple fan beam projection technique using optical fibre sensors for a tomography system. From the dynamic experiment of solid/gas flow using plastic beads in a gravity flow rig, the designed optical fibre sensors are reliable in measuring the mass flow rate be...