Robust self-calibrating ultrasonic based device for oil-water interface and oil depth monitoring

用于油水界面和油深监测的稳健自校准超声波装置

• 批准号: 469162-2014
• 负责人: Prakash, Anand
• 金额: $ 6.52万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=563314
• 关键词: Robust; self; calibrating; ultrasonic; based

This project will develop a field prototype of a new ultrasonic based device with built in intelligence based on appropriate hardware and software to provide reliable and accurate measurement of oil-water interface position and oil layer thickness under dynamic conditions of operations. Such conditions are encountered in a number of operations such as grease traps in restaurants and crude oil desalter in petroleum refinery. The proposed new device provides automatic correction and compensation for variations of composition and temperature in the measured systems. Our industry partner Monteco Inc. has worked closely with us to identify and incorporate features to develop a differentiated device that would be able to compete in the existing market. The focus has been on developing a self-calibrating system with advanced data processing algorithms for recognizing the signal created by the oil-water interface. In addition the device will transmit wirelessly from the sensor location to a tablet computer display. The display will have an advanced graphic user interface (GUI) with a touch screen for monitoring and managing alarms and for data transmission onto a network. All of the elements of the device have been developed to the proof of concept stage and prototypes and draft codes have been produced. Prototypes have been tested in lab conditions. The purpose of this final stage of development is to complete the productization of the device and to prepare it for introduction into the market. The work to be done includes final testing under field conditions, design to stand harsh and corrosive environments of closed vessels and manufacturing and completion of the data processing code.

该项目将开发基于适当的硬件和软件的内置智能的新的基于超声的设备的现场原型，以在动态操作条件下可靠，准确地测量油水接口位置和油层厚度。在许多操作中遇到了这样的条件，例如餐馆的油脂陷阱和石油炼油厂的原油干燥剂。提出的新设备为测量系统中组成和温度的变化提供了自动校正和补偿。我们的行业合作伙伴Monteco Inc.已与我们紧密合作，以识别和合并功能，以开发能够在现有市场竞争的差异化设备。 重点是开发具有高级数据处理算法的自校准系统，以识别油水界面产生的信号。此外，该设备将从传感器位置无线传输到平板电脑显示屏。 该显示将具有高级图形用户界面（GUI），其中包含一个触摸屏，用于监视和管理警报以及将数据传输到网络上。该设备的所有元素均已开发为概念阶段的证明，原型和草稿代码已被制成。 原型已经在实验室条件下进行了测试。 开发的最后阶段的目的是完成设备的生产力，并准备将其引入市场。 要完成的工作包括在现场条件下进行的最终测试，封闭船只的苛刻和腐蚀性环境的设计以及数据处理代码的制造和完成。