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Identification of Liquid-Liquid Interface using Electrical Resistance Tomography

	International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT)
	© 2021 by IJETT Journal
	Volume-69 Issue-1
	Year of Publication : 2021
	Authors : Venkatratnam Chitturi, Shakaib Najam
	DOI :  10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V69I1P207

Citation 

MLA Style: Venkatratnam Chitturi, Shakaib Najam  "Identification of Liquid-Liquid Interface using Electrical Resistance Tomography" International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology 69.1(2021):43-48. 

APA Style:Venkatratnam Chitturi, Shakaib Najam. Identification of Liquid-Liquid Interface using Electrical Resistance Tomography  International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, 69(1), 43-48.

Abstract
Finding interfaces among liquids in a process tank is crucial in some applications. Various industrial sectors have deployed expensive, invasive, and hazardous techniques to achieve this. In this paper, an Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) technique comprises a phantom tank surrounded by 16 copper electrodes. A 50 kHz, 5 mA AC signal was used as an input, and the output response in terms of voltages was fed to EIDORS reconstruction algorithm. The 2D images show the domain containing two poorly conducting liquids, i.e., water and oil, although not accurate, but showing ERT as a possible promising technique for analyzing liquid-liquid interfaces.

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Keywords
Liquid-Liquid Interface, Electrical Resistance Tomography, EIDORS, Arduino.