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Review of Selected Advances in Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography for Multiphase Flow Monitoring

Journal Article · · Energies
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145285· OSTI ID:1877454

Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (ECVT) has emerged as an attractive technology for addressing instrumentation requirements in various energy-related multiphase flow systems. ECVT can monitor multiple flow conditions and reconstruct real-time 3D images from capacitance measurements using a large set of electrode plates placed around the processes column enclosing the sensed flow system. ECVT is non-intrusive and allows the measurement of changes in mutual capacitance between all possible plate pair combinations. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of recent advances in ECVT, enabling robust monitoring of multiphase flows, especially water-containing multiphase flows.

Research Organization:
Tech4Imaging LLC, Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
Grant/Contract Number:
FE0031858
OSTI ID:
1877454
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2367292
OSTI ID: 1981143
OSTI ID: 1995975
Journal Information:
Energies, Journal Name: Energies Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 15; ISSN 1996-1073; ISSN ENERGA
Publisher:
MDPI AGCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Switzerland
Language:
English

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