Analysis of electrical resistance tomography (ERT) data using least-squares regression modelling in industrial process tomography

Analysis of electrical resistance tomography (ERT) data using least-squares regression modelling in industrial process tomographs has been tested. Potential differences measured between electrodes in rings have been used to carry out the regression modelling to investigate the location and size of a disturbance present in the system. Extensive experiments have been carried out with ERT to test a suitable regression algorithm to extract the disturbance. Current analysis has been performed for a single disturbance known to be present in the system. For the environment considered, the least-squares regression reported in this paper demonstrates an alternative approach for analysis of tomography data in industrial applications. The position (concentric or off-centre) and the size of the disturbance (in concentric cases) can be well defined by the reported regression modelling approach. However, it is still a challenge to define the size of the off-centre disturbance