The Wire Mesh Sensor (WMS) is a tomography-based sensor that generates an image of the free space distribution in multiphase flow. The resulting distribution image can be the capacitance distribution pattern is detected by the electrode, which is dependent on the fluid parameters. Based on the concepts, the system may be an alternative option for the early detection of waterways. The goal of this study is to evaluate the performance of the WMS system in an industrial exhaust pipe. The ability of the system to identify fluids is determined using the capacitance distribution analysis from the WMS measurement. An exhaust pipe is modeled as a cylinder phantom and simulated to visualize the capacitance distribution. The WMS technique is used on a phantom made up of a homogeneous and inhomogeneous medium with changing fluid differences. The capacitance distribution of each fluid in the phantom is different. It is caused by differences in the relative permittivity of each fluid. The performance of the WMS system is evaluated by looking at the capacitance distribution changed as the geometry of the fluid volume varied. Based on the results, the WMS system is shown to be capable of easily distinguishing variations in fluid volume percentage.

Manufacturing process was important in the development of antenna technology in order to obtain the antenna optimal performance. One of the approaches to increase the antenna performance was to use a natural dielectric material. In the study, a waveguide antenna was designed by inserting a natural dielectric material, a FR-4-Epoxy (? = 4,3 in the simulator) into a waveguide with a width of 72 mm, a height of 34 mm, and a length of 50 mm. The properties of the mode waveguide antenna were modified by slightly varying the position of the dielectric material and adding an initial thickness of 1.6 mm. The excitation of the waveguide was configured using mode. On the simulation shows that the best performance of the waveguide antenna was obtained when the dielectric position is 2 mm from the connector and thickness 3,2 mm. The simulation also generates the parameter of -22,8 dB with gain and directivity was 5,77 and 1,799 respectively at a frequency 3 of GHz while from measurement the frequency was shifted at 3,15 GHz with -23,05 Db. The gain and directivity were not measured in this research due to the limitations of the owned measuring tools and the difficulty of accessing other facilities due to the covid-19 pandemic.