Title :
Microwave Mass Flow Meter for Industrial Applications based on a Lefthanded Transmission Line Resonator
Author :
Puentes, Margarita ; Penirschke, Andreas ; Schüssler, Martin ; Jakoby, Rolf
Author_Institution :
Wireless Commun./Microwave Eng., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Abstract :
A particulates mass flow meter has been developed using a composite right/left-handed transmission line resonator. The presented sensor principle promises the possibility to design precise particulate solids mass flow meter with moderate costs. The autocorrelation function is applied to the CRLH-resonator in order to detect the velocity information and the material density from a single measurement. The areas of application of these sensors are gas/solids, gas/liquid and liquid/solids flows in various industrial applications.
Keywords :
flow measurement; flowmeters; gas sensors; microwave measurement; resonators; two-phase flow; composite transmission line resonator; gas-liquid flows; gas-solid flows; lefthanded transmission line resonator; liquid-solid flows; material density; microwave mass flow meter; particulates mass flow meter; Capacitors; Fluid flow measurement; Frequency; Microwave sensors; Microwave theory and techniques; Pipelines; Power transmission lines; Radar detection; Solids; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009 German
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-3-9812668-0-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-8007-3150-3
DOI :
10.1109/GEMIC.2009.4815855
