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Title: 3-D capacitance density imaging system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6415295

A three-dimensional capacitance density imaging of a gasified bed or the like in a containment vessel is achieved using a plurality of electrodes provided circumferentially about the bed in levels and along the bed in channels. The electrodes are individually and selectively excited electrically at each level to produce a plurality of current flux field patterns generated in the bed at each level. The current flux field patterns are suitably sensed and a density pattern of the bed at each level determined. By combining the determined density patterns at each level, a three-dimensional density image of the bed is achieved. 7 figs.

Research Organization:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
Assignee:
US Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A7170229
Application Number:
ON: DE89010114
OSTI ID:
6415295
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English