A high spatial and temporal resolution film thickness sensor in oil - water flows

Author

Riano, Adriana Bonilla ; Bannwart, Antonio Carlos ; Prasser, H.-M. ; Dupont, Jairton ; Rodriguez, Oscar M. H.

Author_Institution

Pet. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 May 2014

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

61

Abstract

This work presents a study of a new technique for non-intrusive measurement of liquid-liquid flow. The evaluated film thickness sensor has 64 × 16 measuring points and a measuring area of 128 × 32 mm. This sensor measures the electrical conductance and, through a calibration procedure, converts those signals in water film thickness. The experimental work was carried out in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Keywords

calibration; electrical conductivity measurement; flow measurement; flow sensors; multiphase flow; oils; thick film sensors; water; calibration procedure; electrical conductance measurement; nonintrusive liquid-liquid flow measurement; oil-water flow; signal conversion; spatial resolution film thickness sensor; temporal resolution film thickness sensor; water film thickness; Area measurement; Calibration; Electrodes; Films; Liquids; Spatial resolution; Thickness measurement; Conductance Measurements; Conductive Sensor; Film Thickness Sensor; Liquid-Liquid Flow; Oil-Water Flow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) Proceedings, 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Montevideo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860522

Filename

6860522