Title :
Detection of oil in water and water in oil emulsions inside a phase separator washing tank
Author :
Cardenas, Roberto ; Pena, Ruben
Author_Institution :
Magallanes Univ., Punta Arenas
Abstract :
Three sensors to detect water, oil, water in oil or oil in water emulsions inside a phase separator washing tank are described in this paper. These sensors are based in conductivity and capacitive principles. A novel multicell capacitive sensor which can be used to obtain the whole profile of the washing tank, i.e. the position of the air, water, oil and emulsion in the tank is proposed and experimental results discussed
Keywords :
capacitive sensors; electrical conductivity measurement; emulsions; oil technology; permittivity measurement; phase separation; conductivity sensor; ferrite cores; interface detection; multicell capacitive sensor; oil content; oil in water emulsions; permittivity measurement; petroleum production; phase separator washing tank; relaxation oscillator; water in oil emulsions; Capacitive sensors; Conductivity; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Instruments; Particle separators; Petroleum; Phase detection; Production; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Water storage;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1999. IMTC/99. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5276-9
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1999.776771
