Review Of Mass Flow Rate Measurement Methods In Pneumatic Conveyor

Abstract

Kertas kerja ini menjelaskan beberapa jenis penggunaan penderia untuk mengukur laju aliran pepejal yang mengalir di penghantar pneumatik. Setiap penderia akan menggunakan prinsip yang berbeza tetapi kebanyakan darinya mampu mencapai kesilapan homogen sebanyak 10%. Teknik–teknik ini termasuk penderia kapasitan, penderia elektrostatik, penderia gelombang mikro, penderia radiologi, kombinasi penderia elektrostatik dan digital imej dan lain–lain. Reka bentuk penderiaan harus seragam, maka zarah yang ada dalam kawasan penderiaan akan memberikan hasil yang sama terhadap isyarat mengalir. Kata kunci: Aliran pepeja; penderia; penghantar pneumatic; kaedah pengukuran This paper describes several types of sensor use in measuring mass flow rate of solids flowing in pneumatic conveyors. Each sensor will applied different principle but most of them are able to achieve 10% homogeneity error. These sensor techniques include capacitance sensor, electrostatic sensor, microwave sensor, radiological sensor, combination of electrostatic and digital imaging sensor and others. The sensing filed designs need to be uniform, thus particles exist within the sensing field will contribute equally to the flow signal. Key words: Mass flow rate; sensor; pneumatic conveyor; measurement methods