Boundary Estimation in Annular Two-Phase Flow using Electrical Impedance Tomography with Particle Swarm Optimization

Wang Rongli(Department of Physics Science and Technology)

Abstract

In this study we consider the boundary estimation of annular two-phase flow in a pipe with the potential distribution on the electrodes mounted on the outer boundary of the pipe, by taking use of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) technique with the numerical solution obtained from an improved boundary distributed source (IBDS) method. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) is used to iteratively seek the boundary configuration. The simulation results showed that PSO and EIT technique with numerical solution obtained from IBDS has been successfully applied to the monitoring of an annular two-phase flow.

Keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Meshless method; Improved boundary

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/met.v3i1.1228