Sensors 2006, 6(9), 1118-1127; doi:10.3390/s6091118
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Influence of Shielding Arrangement on ECT Sensors

A. Martinez Olmos 1,* email, J. Alberdi Primicia 2 email and J. L. Fernandez Marron 3 email
1 ETSI Informática, Universidad de Granada. C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo s/n ,18071, Granada, Spain 2 CIEMAT. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain 3 ETSI Informática, UNED. C/ Juan del Rosal 16, 28040, Madrid, Spain
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 15 May 2006 / Accepted: 21 September 2006 / Published: 22 September 2006
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors in Flow Analysis)
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Abstract: This paper presents a full 3D study of a shielded ECT sensor. The spatialresolution and effective sensing field are obtained by means of Finite Element Methodbased simulations and are the compared to a conventional sensor's characteristics. Aneffective improvement was found in the sensitivity in the pipe cross-section, resulting inenhanced quality of the reconstructed image. The sensing field along the axis of the sensoralso presents better behaviour for a shielded sensor.
Keywords: Electrical Capacitance Tomography sensor; Finite Element Method; shielding arrangement; standing capacitance; sensitivity map; sensing field; reconstructed image

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Olmos, A.M.; Primicia, J.A.; Marron, J.L.F. Influence of Shielding Arrangement on ECT Sensors. Sensors 2006, 6, 1118-1127.

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Olmos AM, Primicia JA, Marron JLF. Influence of Shielding Arrangement on ECT Sensors. Sensors. 2006; 6(9):1118-1127.

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Olmos, A. M.; Primicia, J. A.; Marron, J. L.F. 2006. "Influence of Shielding Arrangement on ECT Sensors." Sensors 6, no. 9: 1118-1127.

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