Assessing the solid mass flow sensing behaviour through capacitive sensing technique

• Main Authors: Tasnim, Rumana, Khan, Sheroz, Arshad, Atika
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: IEEE 2017
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/54948/1/54948-Assessing%20the%20solid%20mass%20flow%20sensing%20behaviour.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54948/2/54948-Assessing%20the%20solid%20mass%20flow%20sensing%20behaviour_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54948/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7810098/

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the behavior of a biomass test material, wheat. Ground wheat grain is replicated as fine biomass base. The experiment is based on voltage application inside a capacitive sensor. This sensor allows the sensing of very small capacitive variation. The sensor is incorporated with an interface sensing circuit based on circular and semi-circular shaped electrode and modified capacitive bridge. Analysis of a particular material’s flow sensing behavior has been carried out by evaluating the measurement data and assessing conformity between experimentally obtained and simulated data.