Barratt, I.R. and Yan, Y. and Byrne, B. (2001) A Parallel-Beam Radiometric Instrumentation System for the Mass Flow Measurement of Pneumatically Conveyed Solids. Measurement Science and Technology, 12 . pp. 1515-1528. ISSN 0957-0233.
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Abstract
This paper describes the design and experimental evaluation of a radiometric instrumentation system that has recently been developed for the measurement of volumetric concentration, velocity and mass flow rate of pneumatically conveyed solids. The system employs ‘micro’ beam collimation of gamma radiation to generate multiple, parallel interrogation beams of small cross-sectional area. This configuration is shown to almost eliminate the geometrical errors associated with more conventional divergent-beam interrogation. Experimental results obtained off-line using idealized flow models, and also on-line using a pneumatic conveyor, demonstrate the performance of the system and highlight where further development is needed
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | radiometric sensors, mass flow, flow measurement, particulate solids, pneumatic conveying |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Engineering and Digital Arts > Instrumentation, Control and Embedded Systems |
| Depositing User: | Jenny Harries |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2007 18:15 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2011 23:20 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/452 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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