CONTACT-FREE FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT IN WEAKLY CONDUCTING ELECTROLYTES USING LORENTZ FORCE VELOCIMETRY

• Abstract:

  The feasibility of Lorentz Force Velocimetry for flow measurement of poorly conducting electrolytes is demonstrated using experimental results on salt water flow exposed to a permanent magnet system. The results provide a linear relationship between the measured Lorentz force and flow velocity, consistent with the theoretical scaling laws. Further measurements are currently being performed on a new experimental setup. The new experiments are aimed at investigating the effect of flow dynamics on the measured force.
• Keywords:

  Lorentz force, weakly conducting electrolytes, flow rate measurement
• Download:

  IMEKO-WC-2012-TC9-O4.pdf
• DOI:

  _unreg_wc-2012.TC9-O4

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