A new wire-mesh tomograph for multiphase flow measurement

We have developed and tested a new wire-mesh tomograph based on capacitance measurements, which may now be used for the investigation of non-conducting fluids. It can at the moment acquire up to 625 frames per second. For the experimental measurements we have employed a 16 x 16 laboratory wire-mesh sensor. The evaluation of the wire-mesh tomograph prototype has shown good reproducibility and accuracy in capacitance measurements, thus allowing the system to be employed in the investigation of a wide range of substances even with close relative permittivity values, such as for air and oil. Furthermore, time resolved measurements of different flow patterns for oil-air mixtures have been performed.