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In recent years, great advance has been made on electrostatic sensing technique for gas-solid flow measurement. Electrostatic tomography(EST) has been used in experiment researches as a novel non-intrusive measurement technique. Electrostatic sensor array is one of the key parts of electrostatic tomography system. Based on the image reconstruction algorithm, the charge on the particles can be obtained from the electrostatic measurement signals. However, reports on the relationship between the electrostatic signal acquired by the electrostatic sensor array and flow characteristics of the particles were very few. In this paper the mathematical model of the electrostatic sensor array was adopted, and its spatial sensitivity field was investigated. In the experiment, the electrostatic signals of the quarter flow and full pipe flow were acquired by the electrostatic sensor array. Based on the EST experiment and Power Spectrum Analysis of Signal, the energy distributions of those two flow patterns were compared. Results show that the sensitivity of the electrostatic sensor array is inhomogeneous in three-dimensional space. For this reason, the energy distributions of those two flow patterns are distinguished. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Particle is charged due to frictional contact and collisions between particles and pipe wall. Electrostatic tomography technology (EST) is used to monitor the traveling particle charge. However the electric field distribution in the electrostatic sensor arrays is simultaneously affected by both the particle permittivity distribution and particle charge. In the paper, the effect of the different particle flow regimes on EST is investigated numerically and experimentally. Results indicated the particle distribution affected the induced charge on the electrostatic sensor array. But the effect relates to the relationship between the charge distribution and the particle distribution. Furthermore, a fusion of dual modality tomography system consisting of a capacitance sensor and electrostatic sensor arrays is used to investigate the relationship between the particle distribution and charge distribution in a gravity conveying rig. Results showed that the higher particle concentration has higher charge distribution in the gravity conveying rig. Additionally, the measurement of the mass flow rate by EST was investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]