The analysis and study on electromagnetic field of conductance water fraction sensor

Author

Li, Li-pin ; Dang, Rui-rong ; Zhao, Dong-sheng ; Yin, Guang ; Fan, Yang-yu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xian, China

Volume

9

fYear

2010

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

4271

Lastpage

4275

Abstract

The basic principle of conductance sensor on the measurement of water fraction in oil-gas-water three phase flow is introduced and the mathematic model is described. The 2-D and 3-D electromagnetic field simualtions have been implemented based on the method of finite element analysis. The optimal parameters of conductance sensor are obtained by analyzing the ANSYS simulations. According to the parameters, a conductance sensor which can be applied to measure water fraction for 2 7/8 oil pipe is designed and constructed. The indoor oil-gas-water experiments have been performed using the conductance sensor with optimal parameters and the experimental results coincide with theoretical simulations. It shows that the parameters obtained by analyzing and studying electromagnetic field of conductance sensor are feasible.

Keywords

electric admittance measurement; electric sensing devices; electromagnetic fields; flow measurement; conductance sensor; conductance water fraction sensor; electromagnetic field simualtion; oil pipe; oil-gas-water three phase flow; Electric fields; Electrodes; Fluid flow measurement; Petroleum; Sensitivity; Voltage measurement; ANSYS; conductance sensor; electromagnetic field analysis; water fraction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image and Signal Processing (CISP), 2010 3rd International Congress on

Conference_Location

Yantai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISP.2010.5647423

Filename

5647423