Mass Flow Measurement of Biofuels using Electrical Capacitance Tomography
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Biomass provides 10% of the global energy supply and electricity generation from biomass and waste is expected to increase by a factor of 4 by 2030. Currently efficiency of biomass power generation is poor and IEA targets improvements from 18% to 25% by 2030 [1]. Such increases in efficiency will require significant new technology and accurate real-time measurement of the flow of these highly variable solids will be a key factor in this efficiency improvement.
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