Water content monitoring in water-in-oil emulsions using a delay line cell

CAB Reyna, EE Franco, MSG Tsuzuki, F Buiochi - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
The extraction process of crude oil requires addition of water, resulting in complex
emulsions, in which the phases must be separated before the petrochemical processing …

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 …

Water content monitoring in water-in-oil emulsions using a piezoceramic sensor

CAB Reyna, EE Franco, AL Durán, LOV Pereira… - Machines, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work deals with a transmission-reception ultrasonic technique for the real-time
estimation of the water content in water-in-crude oil emulsions. The working principle is the …

Application of compressive sensing in SFAI measurement for faster sound speed assessment

A Sinharay, R Rakshit, S Gain, S Basu, AA Kumar… - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
Quick quality assessment of fluid (liquid and gas) is a key requirement for many industries.
Acoustic parameters like sound speed in fluid or sound attenuation in fluid can serve as a …

Noninvasive acoustic measurements in cylindrical shell containers

J Greenhall, C Hakoda, ES Davis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic time-of-flight (ToF) measurements enable noninvasive material characterization,
acoustic imaging, and defect detection and are commonly used in industrial process control …

Noninvasive acoustic time-of-flight measurements in heated, hermetically-sealed high explosives using a convolutional neural network

J Greenhall, D Zerkle, ES Davis, R Broilo… - Machine Learning with …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a data-driven technique for measuring the time-of-flight through material sealed
within a container. Time-of-flight measurement provides a noninvasive means of quantifying …

On the Generalizability of Time-of-Flight Convolutional Neural Networks for Noninvasive Acoustic Measurements

A Saini, JJ Greenhall, ES Davis, C Pantea - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bulk wave acoustic time-of-flight (ToF) measurements in pipes and closed containers can be
hindered by guided waves with similar arrival times propagating in the container wall …

Algorithm to Correct Measurement Offsets Introduced by Inactive Elements of Transducer Arrays in Ultrasonic Flow Metering

J Massaad, PLMJ van Neer, DM van Willigen… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ultrasonic flow meters (UFMs) based on transducer arrays offer several advantages. With
electronic beam steering, it is possible to tune the steering angle of the beam for optimal …

Scalable time-series feature engineering framework to understand multiphase flow using acoustic signals

MK Mudunuru, VK Chillara, S Karra… - Proceedings of Meetings …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Time-series analysis comprises of methods to extract meaningful statistics and
characteristics from various signals. 1–5 Applications areas include geosciences such as oil …

Determinação de teor de água em emulsões de água em petróleo usando técnicas ultrassônicas.

CA Burbano Reyna - teses.usp.br
Sensores ultrassônicos piezoelétricos foram desenvolvidos para a caracterização de
amostras sólidas e fluidas. Porém, a caracterização de fluidos com alta opacidade, como …