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Title: 3-D capacitance density imaging system

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6415295
Patent Number(s):
7170229
Application Number:
ON: DE89010114
Assignee:
US Dept. of Energy
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; IMAGES; CAPACITANCE; DENSITY; ELECTRODES; INVENTIONS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; 440300* - Miscellaneous Instruments- (-1989); 010404 - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Gasification; 014000 - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Combustion

Citation Formats

Fasching, G. E.. 3-D capacitance density imaging system. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Fasching, G. E.. 3-D capacitance density imaging system. United States.
Fasching, G. E.. Fri . "3-D capacitance density imaging system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6415295.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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