Sensor Design for Development of Tribo-Electric Tomography System with Increased Number of Sensors

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Machida, M. | Kaminoyama, M.

Affiliations: Process Development Center, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd, 1-1 Anesaki-Kaigan, Ichihara, Chiba, 299-0193 Japan. E-mail: [email protected] | Dept. Chemical Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Electrodynamic sensor, which can also be called as tribo-electric sensor, senses the electrostatic charge carried by the particle. The tomography system using electrodynamic sensor is called as tribo-electric tomography system. Source of the signal induced on the electrodynamic sensor is brought by the object to be measured and no excitation circuit is necessary. This electrodynamic sensing is a passive sensing and the fast and light weighted tomography system is expected. On the other hand, most of tomography system, like capacitance tomography or resistance tomography, demands excitation circuit and is an active sensing. The number of measurements with the passive sensing is equal to the number of sensors and that of active sensing is the number of the combinations of two sensors. The passive sensing tomography system demands more sensors to be settled. We plan to improve in reconstructed images by increasing the number of the electrodynamic sensors in tribo-electric tomography system. We investigate the influence of surface area to signal intensity solving the electrical field in the sensing zone using finite element method.

Keywords: Electrodynamic Sensor, Process Tomography, Finite Element Method, Electric Field

Journal: Journal of Visualization, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 375-385, 2008