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Study of oil-water fluids through of the sensor based on the electrical permittivity of the fluid pattern
Published 2020-06-01
Keywords
- WMS,
- multiphase,
- tomography,
- permittivity,
- flow pattern
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Hernández-Cely, M. M., & Ruiz-Diaz, C. M. (2020). Study of oil-water fluids through of the sensor based on the electrical permittivity of the fluid pattern. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 19(3), 177–186. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v19n3-2020017
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Abstract
A sensor based on the electrical permittivity of the fluid was used to analyze the tomographies of the different patterns that appear in multiphase oil and water flow (Liquid-Liquid). The experimental study was carried out in a borosilicate glass tube with an internal diameter of 25.4 [mm] and length of 12 [m]. The sensor is made up of two 8 x 8 wire flat wire mesh called a wire mesh sensor (WMS). The experiments were carried out with two different oil viscosities, one with 200 [cP] and the other with 60 [cP] at 860 [kg / m3]density with the tube positioned horizontally and slightly inclined at + 5 degrees, to vary the viscosity of the oil, a heat exchanger was used. The analyzed multiphase flow pattern was annular, stratified and dispersed. The tomographies obtained by the WMS were compared with a high-speed camera for the qualitative validation of the results. Twelve models of electrical permittivity were used to study the current fluid regime.
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[21] H.-M. Prasser, A. Böttger, J. Zschau, “A new electrode-mesh tomograph for gas-liquid flows,” FLOW Meas. Instrum., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 111–119, Jun. 1998, doi: 10.1016/S0955-5986(98)00015-6
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