Online slug detection in multi-phase transportation pipelines using electrical tomography

S Pedersen, C Mai, L Hansen, P Durdevic, Z Yang - Ifac-papersonline, 2015 - Elsevier
Slugging flow in offshore oil & gas multi-phase transportation pipelines cause big
challenges as the flow regime induces flow and pressure oscillations in the multi-phase …

[HTML][HTML] Soft sensing of non-Newtonian fluid flow in open Venturi channel using an array of ultrasonic level sensors—AI models and their validations

K Chhantyal, H Viumdal, S Mylvaganam - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
In oil and gas and geothermal installations, open channels followed by sieves for removal of
drill cuttings, are used to monitor the quality and quantity of the drilling fluids. Drilling fluid …

[PDF][PDF] Oil transmissions pipelines condition monitoring using wavelet analysis and ultrasonic techniques

WS Abushanab - 2013 - e-space.mmu.ac.uk
Proper and sensitive monitoring capability to determine the condition of pipelines is
desirable to predict leakage and other failure modes, such as flaws and cracks. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] An ultrasound-based liquid pressure measurement method in small diameter pipelines considering the installation and temperature

X Li, Z Song - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
Liquid pressure is a key parameter for detecting and judging faults in hydraulic mechanisms,
but traditional measurement methods have many deficiencies. An effective non-intrusive …

Automated interface detection in liquid-liquid systems using self-calibrating ultrasonic sensor

D Mukherjee, N Sen, KK Singh, S Saha… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Detection of liquid-liquid interface is critical in solvent extraction equipment/contactors
typically used in petroleum and hydrometallurgical industries. An instrumentation system …

Acoustic sensors to measure speed of oil flow in downhole pipes

N Vahabi, M Alabdullah… - 2019 14th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study was conducted to estimate the downhole speed of flow in oil wells and
determined the flow direction by analyzing acoustic data recorded by fibre optic distributed …

Capacitance sensor design for reducing errors in phase concentration measurements

J Tollefsen, EA Hammer - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 1998 - Elsevier
A capacitance sensor configuration which can measure the water fraction and undissolved
gas in crude oils with higher accuracy than currently available non-intrusive capacitance …

Measurement of pipe and fluid properties with a matrix array-based ultrasonic clamp-on flow meter

J Massaad, PLMJ Van Neer… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current ultrasonic clamp-on flow meters consist of a pair of single-element transducers that
are carefully positioned before use. This positioning process consists of manually finding the …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonic testing of mechanical changes in a water-filled pipe with multi-mode and broadband signals and two-level compensation

T Ju, AT Findikoglu - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ultrasonic testing (UT) has been widely used for the Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of
pipes due to its many favorable characteristics. However, one of the main challenges in the …

Ultrasonic flow meter

B Kissling, Q Muller, S Grunwald, F Steiner… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND DISCUSSION Ultrasonic flow meters are often used in process and
automation technology. They allow determination of the Volumetric flow rate and/or mass …