Tomographic imaging of industrial process equipment: techniques and applications

Author

Dickin, F.J. ; Hoyle, B.S. ; Hunt, A. ; Huang, S.M. ; Ilyas, O. ; Lenn, C. ; Waterfall, R.C. ; Williams, R.A. ; Xie, C.G. ; Beck, M.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK

Volume

139

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

2/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

82

Abstract

Opportunities for the use of noninvasive tomographic sensor technology are described and reviewed critically. Imaging instruments based on electrical sensing methods are discussed with respect to a number of process applications, including measurement of component concentration profiles, phase boundaries, component velocities and component mass flow rate. The use of low-noise electronic devices for process image sensing and the computationally intensive digital signal processing systems for image reconstruction are discussed. Limitations of current electronic techniques, particularly for future ultra high speed image reconstruction are revealed and directions for future progress are elucidated

Keywords

computerised signal processing; computerised tomography; electric sensing devices; image sensors; component concentration profiles; component mass flow rate; component velocities; digital signal processing systems; electrical sensing methods; image reconstruction; industrial process equipment; noninvasive tomographic sensor technology; phase boundaries;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings G

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0956-3768

Type

jour

Filename

125120