Multi-interface Level Sensors and New Development in Monitoring and Control of Oil Separators

In the oil industry, huge saving may be made if suitable multi-interface levelmeasurement systems are employed for effectively monitoring crude oil separators andefficient control of their operation. A number of techniques, e.g. externally mounteddisplacers, differential pressure transmitters and ca...

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Published inSensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 380 - 389
Main Authors Bukhari, Syed Faisal Ahmed, Yang, Wuqiang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2006
Subjects
Cost control
Crude oil
electrical capacitance tomography (ECT)
Electrodes
Gamma rays
Interfaces
Level sensor
Measurement techniques
multi-interface measurement
Petroleum industry
Sensors
Signal processing
Transmitters
Ultrasonic transducers
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Summary:In the oil industry, huge saving may be made if suitable multi-interface levelmeasurement systems are employed for effectively monitoring crude oil separators andefficient control of their operation. A number of techniques, e.g. externally mounteddisplacers, differential pressure transmitters and capacitance rod devices, have beendeveloped to measure the separation process with gas, oil, water and other components.Because of the unavailability of suitable multi-interface level measurement systems, oilseparators are currently operated by the trial-and-error approach. In this paper someconventional techniques, which have been used for level measurement in industry, and newdevelopment are discussed.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s6040380