A new ultrasonic-based device for accurate measurement of oil, emulsion, and water levels in oil tanks

Author

Meribout, Mahmoud ; Habli, Mohamed ; Al-Naamany, Ahmed ; Al-Busaidi, Khamis

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., SQU Univ., Oman

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

18-20 May 2004

Firstpage

1942

Abstract

In the oil industry, many applications require the measurement of more than one liquid level interface, often in challenging, environments. In this paper, an ultrasonic technique has been developed to examine the propagation of ultrasonic waves in the oil, water, and mixed oil-water liquids. Preliminary experiments have been conducted on the device. In this paper, the design and operating parameters of this device are discussed and evidence for the satisfactory performance is given.

Keywords

acoustic impedance; acoustic receivers; fuel storage; level measurement; level meters; oil technology; tanks (containers); ultrasonic devices; ultrasonic measurement; accurate level measurement; acoustic impedance; emulsion levels; mixed oil-water liquids; oil levels; oil tanks; operating parameters; ultrasonic transmitter-receiver pair; ultrasonic wave propagation; ultrasonic-based device; ultrasound sensors; water levels; Fuel storage; Hardware; Liquids; Microwave devices; Optical transmitters; Petroleum; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004. IMTC 04. Proceedings of the 21st IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8248-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351467

Filename

1351467