A Novel Smart Optimized Capacitance-Based Sensor for Annular Two-Phase Flow Metering With High Sensitivity

Accurately determining phase fractions in two-phase flows is among the most significant issues Industries related to production and processing of petroleum petrochemicals. There are numerous sensor types configurations for measuring void fraction. In this respect, capacitance-based commonly recognized as one precise widely utilized sensors. essay, COMSOL Multiphysics software, which has been benchmarked, was used simulations with various electrode architectures oil-air flow an annular pattern. The initial were helix, double ring, concave parallel plates. Finite element analysis utilizing executed compare configurations. Results exposed disparate sensitivities different geometries. To get better results, a new geometry called arrow-shaped optimized Artificial intelligence (AI) proposed compared others. responses presented demonstrated that had 21% higher sensitivity than best-performing four other existing designs, including concave, These results indicate superior performance its potential use high-sensitivity applications.