Application of a capacitance sensor for monitoring water lubricated pipeline flows

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1643-1650

  Rushd, Sayeed ^a   Sanders, R Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen transport; Capacitance sensor; Heavy oil; Lubricated pipe flow; Wall fouling

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; LUBRICATION; OIL SHALE; PIPE FLOW; PIPELINES;

BITUMEN TRANSPORT; CAPACITANCE SENSORS; COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; HEAVY OIL; PIPE-LINE TRANSPORTATIONS; RELIABLE OPERATION; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 84906276396     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22009     Document Type: Article

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