Title :
Three-dimensional capacitance tomography of a conical fluidized bed reactor
Author :
Vauhkonen, Marko ; Rimpiläinen, Ville ; Heikkinen, Lasse
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Abstract :
Tomographic imaging of fluidized bed reactor is of great interest in pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries. A special application is the detection of granule moisture distribution inside the reactor. In this paper we consider electrical capacitance tomography to be used in in-line imaging of conical shaped fluidized bed reactor. Results of determining the granule moisture distribution are shown.
Keywords :
capacitance measurement; chemical reactors; drying; electric impedance imaging; fluidised beds; moisture measurement; pharmaceutical technology; tomography; chemical industry; conical fluidized bed reactor; conical shaped fluidized bed reactor; electrical capacitance tomography; food industry; granule moisture distribution; pharmaceutical industry; three dimensional capacitance tomography; tomographic imaging; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electrodes; Image reconstruction; Inductors; Moisture; Moisture measurement; chemical industry; electrical capacitance tomography; fludized bed reactor; food industry; granulation; moisture distribution; pharmaceutical industry; process tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Graz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1773-4
DOI :
10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229415
