Composition measurements of crude oil and process water emulsions using thick-film ultrasonic transducers

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-391

  Meng, Guangtian ^a   Jaworski, Artur J ^a   White, Neil M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition measurement; Heterogeneous mixtures; Oil water emulsions; Thick film technology; Ultrasonic time of flight

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EMULSIONS; THICK FILMS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; OIL-WATER EMULSIONS; ULTRASONIC TIME-OF-FLIGHT;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ATTENUATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; THICK FILMS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 31044455867     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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