Industries & Applications
Through many years of industrial projects and research activities, ITS has identified a comprehensive range of applications where process tomography can deliver real benefits to the end user. Some applications cross industry boundaries whilst others are very industry specific.
Please click on your industry from the options shown, to filter the applications relevant to your organisation.
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Batch Mixing
Batch mixing involves combining two or more materials in a vessel; you can see in real time how different components are distributed and when different degrees of mixing have been achieved...
Slurry Flow
Slurry (or hydraulic) conveying is moving solids in a liquid, usually water. As water and solids have different electrical properties, you can see the concentration profile and how the solids are moving in the pipe...
Interface Detection
Interface detection involves identifying the boundary between different materials within a liquid – such as cloud height of suspended solids, oil / water boundaries or foam / liquid...
Crystallisation/Precipitation
Crystallisation / precipitation involves the combination of ions from solution to solid state; electrical conductivity can often be used to track this reaction...
Multiphase Flow
Multiphase flow relates to the flow of different materials (often, oil, water and gas) in a pipe. As these materials have different properties it is usually possible to see flow regimes and concentration profiles...
Inline Mixing
In-line mixing involves combining two or more materials as they flow through a pipe; you can see in real time how different components are distributed and when different degrees of mixing have been achieved...
Froth Flotation
Froth flotation processes in the mining industry can be optimised using ITS tomography technology, and scaled-up to improve efficiency at the production level...
Hydrocyclones
Mineral hydrocyclones separate oil, water and solid particles of different weights, using a central air vortex. Electrical tomography can visualise the process conditions of these...
Polymerisation
Polymerisation involves the development of chain molecules from simple building blocks. As the starting materials are very different from final product the reaction can...
Chromatography
Chromatography involves separating materials as they pass through a packed column. Electrical tomography can visualise the conductivity of different phases as they pass down the column...
Scale-Up
Scale-up of reactions is critical and often leads to unexpected results; tomography is a scalable, volume based measurement method that can help understand process...
Batch to Continuous
Batch to continuous reactions usually involved changing a process from vessel to pipe; tomography sensors provide volume based measurement method that can help understand...
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD (computational fluid dynamics) is a model based method of determining process conditions; where experimental data or validation is necessary process tomography...
Solvent Extraction
Solvent extraction (or phase split) separates materials using their different solubilities in organic / aqueous phases. Electrical tomography can see discriminate...
Fluidised Beds
Fluidised beds involve moving gas through a powder; electrical tomography can be used to observe how the gas flows as a tool to improving efficiency...
Packed Bed / Column
Packed beds / columns consists of solids (often catalysts) through which liquid is conveyed; electrical tomography can be used to observe how the liquid flows as a tool...
Bubble Columns
Bubble columns are widely used as a means of reacting liquids and gases; electrical tomography can be used to observe how the bubbles behave as a tool to improving efficiency...
Pneumatic Flow
Pneumatic conveying is moving solids in a gas, usually air. As air and solids have different electrical properties, you can see the concentration profile and how the solids are moving in...
Filtration / Drying
Filtration / drying as a separation method often has unpredictable cycle times; electrical tomography can visualise the different phases and so provide a tool to improving...
