Water Content Monitoring in Water-in-Crude-Oil Emulsions Using an Ultrasonic Multiple-Backscattering Sensor

Autor: Ediguer E. Franco, Carlos Arturo Burbano Reyna, Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki, Alberto Lemos Duran, Flávio Buiochi, Nicolás Pérez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Materials science
Acoustics
Near and far field
02 engineering and technology
TP1-1185
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
Signal
water-in-crude-oil emulsion
010305 fluids & plasmas
Analytical Chemistry
Propagation speed
Sensores electroquímicos
0103 physical sciences
Ultrasound
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Electrochemical sensors
Ultrasonics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
TEMPO-REAL
Instrumentation
Water content
Detectores químicos
Chemical detectors
water content
business.industry
ultrasound
Water in crude oil emulsion
Communication
Chemical technology
Water
020206 networking & telecommunications
Atomic and Molecular Physics
and Optics
Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter
Petroleum
Transducer
Emulsion
Emulsions
Ultrasonic sensor
business
Energy (signal processing)
propagation speed
Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 5088, p 5088 (2021)
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
RED: Repositorio Educativo Digital UAO
Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
instacron:Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
ISSN: 1424-8220
Popis: This work shows the application of an ultrasonic multiple-scattering sensor for monitoring water-in-petroleum emulsions. The sensor consists of a commercial ultrasonic transducer with an array of cylindrical scatterers placed in the near field. The scatterers are thin metal bars arranged in rows in front of the transducer. The backscattering signals were analyzed by calculating the wave energy and by a cross-correlation between signal segments; they were also used to determine the propagation velocity in the emulsions. The tests performed used emulsions with water volume concentrations from 0% to 50%. The results showed that both the signal energy and propagation velocity strongly depended on the concentration of water in the emulsion. Therefore, the ultrasonic multiple-scattering sensor can be used for on-line and real-time monitoring of the water content in water-in-crude-oil emulsions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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