@inproceedings{d0909eb8e115491ba3d2af00502bb6b5,
title = "Compact screw conveyor for flow metering at a laboratory-scale flow loop",
abstract = "Screw conveyors find vast application in material/powder feeding systems. This paper presents a technology development by introducing a compact and simple design of a screw conveyor system for material feeding. The herein developed system serves the purpose of attaining controlled material feeding rate of solid particles in a flow loop. The screw conveyor is driven by a stepper motor whose step size is predefined. Calibration tests are carried out in order to obtain an accurate relationship between the step size and material feeding. Then, open-loop feeding control is achieved in terms of accurate step size rate. Experimental results demonstrate reliable system characteristics.",
keywords = "Bulk material, feeding rate, flow rate, gravimetric feeding, material feeder, powder feeding, screw conveyor",
author = "Wesam Taha and Fadi Al-Zir and Mohamed Abou-Khousa and Ahmed Al-Durra and Khaled Al-Wahedi and Iman Prayudi",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors acknowledge the Gas Processing & Materials Science Research Centre (GRC) at Khalifa University of Science and Technology – Sas Al Nakhl Campus, Abu-Dhabi, in addition to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Gas Processing for funding and supporting this project. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 2017 IEEE Conference on Systems, Process and Control, ICSPC 2017 ; Conference date: 15-12-2017 Through 16-12-2017",
year = "2017",
month = jul,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1109/SPC.2017.8313013",
language = "British English",
series = "Proceedings - 2017 IEEE Conference on Systems, Process and Control, ICSPC 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "7--11",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2017 IEEE Conference on Systems, Process and Control, ICSPC 2017",
address = "United States",
}