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1Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87115, USA.
Abstract:
A system for dispensing and continuously measuring the flow of solid particles into a hot high-pressure gas flow for times up to 1 h is described. A differential pressure across an orifice is used to force the particle flow. A strain gauge load cell is used to continuously sense the weight of the container from which the particles are being dispensed. Calibration results are included for flows of 100-microm-diam glass spheres through several orifices at rates from 1 to 15 g/s.
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