Measurement and Control of Granular Materials

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: This proceedings collection presents 63 selected, peer-reviewed papers from an October 2011 conference. The papers are grouped in sections on flow measurement and pneumatic conveying; measurement of size and volume and other parameters; tomographic technology, image processing, and related sensors; powder explosion and system protection; new instruments and sensors development; nano and powder materials preparation; materials processing and preparation; and powder materials measurement. Some specific topics include scanning probe microscope observation of typical carbon materials, control of materials recovered from mechanical recycling of waste refrigerators, and explosion characteristics of toner powder. Other subjects are a virtual instrument detection system for aerodynamic instruments, grinding rates of mica particles, and image reconstruction based on compressed sensing with the split Bregman algorithm and fuzzy bases. The editor is affiliated with Northeastern University, China.