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Analysis of performance and capacitance sensitivity distributions of sensor for electrical capacitance tomography system

  • Liquan Sun*
  • , Deyun Chen
  • , Guibin Zheng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

The sensitivity-field distribution of sensors in the Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) system is influenced by the distribution of multiphase-flow media, and the soft-field characteristics can bring great difficulty into image reconstruction. The subject investigated of this paper is major in the ECT system of 8-electrode oil-water two-phase flow. According to the method of Finite Element Simulation, we can analyze the influence of radial electrodes and their embedded sizes on capacitance values and the distribution of sensitivity field in the system, and the embedded sizes of radial electrodes can be determined based on the simulation analysis. Then the dynamic variation range of measured capacitance values and the difficulty in designing the data acquisition circuit can be reduced, the sensitivity of capacitance response is increased, and the sensitivity-field distribution of sensors and the performance of the ECT system are also improved.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)
Pages4977-4981
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2006 - Dalian, China
Duration: 21 Jun 200623 Jun 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)
Volume1

Conference

Conference6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityDalian
Period21/06/0623/06/06

Keywords

  • Capacitance sensitivity field
  • Electrical capacitance tomograph
  • Finite element simulation
  • Radial electrode

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