Electrostatic method for measuring the two-phase pipe flow parameters

An electrostatic, noncontact method that is based on a method developed earlier for continuous measurement of electric charges of solid particles in the two-phase particulate flow in pneumatic transport pipelines is presented. A microcomputer-based measuring system and some results of very preliminary tests are revealed. The system allows continuous, noncontact measurements of the average velocity of flow and the mass flow rate.<
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