Dynamic Combustion Tomography

Tadeusz Piotrowski PhD, Andrzej Plaskowski DSc,

Instytut Przemys u Organicznego, 03-236 Warszawa, ul.Annopol 6, tel. 811-12-31

Prof. Maurice Beck,

University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK

Mr. Malcolm Byars

Process Tomography Ltd, 86 Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5BB, UK

Abstract - Industrial Organic Chemistry Institute, Warsaw, Poland with collaboration with UMIST and Process Tomography Ltd, UK, started to apply a capacitance process tomography to reconstruct the image of a flame propagation in the vertical, Hartmann?s type, cylindrical explosion vessel during combustion of dust-air mixtures. The tomographic images of a gas flame from laboratory burner and explosive combustion of the dust-air clouds have been presented. The background of process tomography has not been described.

Keywords: Explosion, Combustion, Process safety, Process Tomography, Capacitance Sensors.