Dual-modality probe for characterization of heterogeneous mixtures

Author

Dyakowski, T. ; Hale, J.M. ; Jaworski, A. ; White, N.M. ; Nowakowski, A. ; Meng, G. ; Rwifa, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. Eng., Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

134

Lastpage

138

Abstract

This paper presents a laboratory feasibility study aiming at the development of a dual modality sensor for development within an oil and gas extraction plant to measure the composition of heterogeneous mixtures. The technology of manufacturing the sensor is briefly described and the preliminary measurements, conducted for mixtures of vegetable oil and saline water, using two modalities: ultrasound and electrical, are presented. The experimental results obtained from ultrasonic measurements are compared with theoretical predictions. Finally, conclusions and recommendations for future work are presented.

Keywords

chemical sensors; chemical variables measurement; mixtures; ultrasonic measurement; dual modality sensor; dual-modality probe; electrical modality; heterogeneous mixture characterization; heterogeneous mixture composition; saline water; sensor manufacture; thick film; ultrasonic measurement; ultrasound modality; vegetable oil; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Manufacturing; Petroleum; Piezoelectric transducers; Probes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Temperature sensors; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Heterogeneous mixtures; speed of sound; thick-film; ultrasonic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2005.843902

Filename

1411788