A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique

Flowsensing technology from today’s application perspective has gained significant research interest over the past few years. Among the existing sensing techniques, electrostatic and capacitive sensing techniques have proven promising although cable capacitance and stray capacitance cause inaccuracy...

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Main Authors:	Tasnim, Rumana, Khan, Sheroz, Ahmed, Musse Mohamud, Arshad, Atika
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	IIUM Press 2016
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling	iium-508712019-06-25T03:53:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/ A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique Tasnim, Rumana Khan, Sheroz Ahmed, Musse Mohamud Arshad, Atika TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Flowsensing technology from today’s application perspective has gained significant research interest over the past few years. Among the existing sensing techniques, electrostatic and capacitive sensing techniques have proven promising although cable capacitance and stray capacitance cause inaccuracy while measuring very small capacitances. The existing measurement circuit model is complicated and has flawed electrode arrangement. By sensing very small capacitive variation, the developed capacitive technique has proven capable of reducing the stray and residual capacitance effect by using an interface sensing circuit based on circular and semicircular shaped electrode and modified capacitive bridge. The proposed interface circuit is simulated via PSPICE for realizing the small capacitive variation with permittivity variation. Hardware implementation is carried out using a flow sensing set up that senses two kinds of biomass flow variation as a change of dielectric permittivity under room conditions. The output voltage has been reproduced as a representative of the flow. Moreover, a comprehensive investigation into experimental data shows an agreeable level of consistency with the simulation results. IIUM Press 2016-04-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/1/50871_A_qualitative_analysis_of_biomass_flow.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/4/50871_A%20qualitative%20biomass%20flow_wos.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/9/50871_A%20qualitative%20analysis%20of%20biomass_SCOPUS.pdf Tasnim, Rumana and Khan, Sheroz and Ahmed, Musse Mohamud and Arshad, Atika (2016) A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique. IIUM Engineering Journal, 17 (1). pp. 29-40. ISSN 1511-788X E-ISSN 2289-7860 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/article/view/459
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spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Tasnim, Rumana Khan, Sheroz Ahmed, Musse Mohamud Arshad, Atika A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
description	Flowsensing technology from today’s application perspective has gained significant research interest over the past few years. Among the existing sensing techniques, electrostatic and capacitive sensing techniques have proven promising although cable capacitance and stray capacitance cause inaccuracy while measuring very small capacitances. The existing measurement circuit model is complicated and has flawed electrode arrangement. By sensing very small capacitive variation, the developed capacitive technique has proven capable of reducing the stray and residual capacitance effect by using an interface sensing circuit based on circular and semicircular shaped electrode and modified capacitive bridge. The proposed interface circuit is simulated via PSPICE for realizing the small capacitive variation with permittivity variation. Hardware implementation is carried out using a flow sensing set up that senses two kinds of biomass flow variation as a change of dielectric permittivity under room conditions. The output voltage has been reproduced as a representative of the flow. Moreover, a comprehensive investigation into experimental data shows an agreeable level of consistency with the simulation results.
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author	Tasnim, Rumana Khan, Sheroz Ahmed, Musse Mohamud Arshad, Atika
author_facet	Tasnim, Rumana Khan, Sheroz Ahmed, Musse Mohamud Arshad, Atika
author_sort	Tasnim, Rumana
title	A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
title_short	A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
title_full	A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
title_fullStr	A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
title_full_unstemmed	A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
title_sort	qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique
publisher	IIUM Press
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/1/50871_A_qualitative_analysis_of_biomass_flow.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/4/50871_A%20qualitative%20biomass%20flow_wos.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/50871/9/50871_A%20qualitative%20analysis%20of%20biomass_SCOPUS.pdf
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A qualitative analysis of biomass flow sensing behavior using capacitive technique

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