SIMULATION STUDY ON NON-HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM OF NON-INVASIVE ERT USING COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS

Authors

  • Yasmin Abdul Wahab Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering (ICE), Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia
  • Ruzairi Abdul Rahim Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohd Hafiz Fazalul Rahiman Tomography Imaging Research Group, School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Leow Pei Ling Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Suzzana Ridzuan Aw Faculty of Electrical & Automation Engineering Technology, Terengganu Advance Technical Institute University College (TATiUC), Jalan Panchor, Telok Kalong, 24000 Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • Fazlul Rahman Mohd Yunus Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Herlina Abdul Rahim Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Naizatul Shima Fadzil Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohd Zikrillah Zawahir Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Juliza Jamaludin Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Muhammad Saiful Badri Mansor Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohd Fadzli Abdul Sahib Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Ling En Hong Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6432

Keywords:

Non-invasive, ERT, COMSOL, non-homogenous

Abstract

The non-invasive sensing technique is one of the favourite sensing techniques applied in the process tomography because it has not a direct contact with the medium of interest. The objective of this paper is to analyse the simulation of the non-homogenous system of the non-invasive ERT using finite element software; COMSOL Multiphysics. In this simulation, the liquid-air medium is chosen as the non-homogenous system. A different analysis of the non-homogenous system in term of the different position of the single air, different size of the single air and the multiple air inside the vessel were investigated in this paper. As a result, the location, size and multiple air inside the pipe will influence the output of the non-invasive ERT system. A liquid-gas medium of non-homogenous ERT system will have a good response if the air is located near the source, the size of the air is large enough and it has multiple air locations inside the pipe.

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Published

2015-11-24

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Vol. 77 No. 17: Special Issue on Sensor Technology and Control System Applications Vol. 3

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Science and Engineering

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SIMULATION STUDY ON NON-HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM OF NON-INVASIVE ERT USING COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 77(17). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6432