Hioki E.e. Corporation

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Akihiro Shioiri

Naoto Nakayama

Yuki Kawamuro

Masahiro Horibe

A state determination apparatus includes: electrodes configured to apply AC signal to a mixture; a measurement unit configured to measure an impedance of the mixture for every frequency of the AC signal based on a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied; a setting unit configured to set an equivalent circuit including one or a plurality of parallel circuit(s) based on element(s) corresponding to electrical component(s) of a solid matter; a calculating unit configured to calculate a parameter of the parallel circuit by executing an equivalent circuit analysis for approximating impedance of the equivalent circuit to the impedance of the mixture; and a derivation unit configured to derive an index for specifying a state of the mixture based on the parameter of the parallel circuit.

State determination apparatus, state determination method, and storage medium

A uniformity output device for outputting a uniformity of particles in a slurry, in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply AC voltage to the slurry; a measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the slurry on the basis of the response current flowing through the slurry when AC voltage with changing frequency is applied to the slurry; and a processing unit configured to determine the uniformity by executing a particle equivalent circuit analysis with a parallel circuit formed of a resistor and a capacitor as an element on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit in accordance with the frequency.

Uniformity output device, uniformity output method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for determining whether a particle diameter of particles in a mixture is uniform or non-uniform

A uniformity property acquisition apparatus is the uniformity property acquisition apparatus configured to acquires a uniformity property of a mixture in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, and the uniformity property acquisition apparatus includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply the AC signal to the mixture; measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the mixture on the basis of a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied to the mixture; and processing unit configured to acquire the uniformity property of the mixture on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit.

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Akihiro Shioiri