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

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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 21(2021), 15 vom: 27. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Durán, Alberto L [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Ediguer E [VerfasserIn]
Reyna, Carlos A B [VerfasserIn]
Pérez, Nicolás [VerfasserIn]
Tsuzuki, Marcos S G [VerfasserIn]
Buiochi, Flávio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
Emulsions
Journal Article
Petroleum
Propagation speed
Ultrasound
Water
Water content
Water-in-crude-oil emulsion

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.08.2021

Date Revised 13.08.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s21155088

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32916435X