Quarterly progress report No. 1 on development of the oil-water monitor

Technical Report · Sat Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7080931· OSTI ID:7080931

Swanson, C

The oil-water monitor is a device which measures water content in crude oil and other petroleum products, in a flowing pipe such as a pipeline or tanker manifold. It has applications in the precise measurement of water contamination levels in crude oil shipments, and is needed to precisely measure and verify oil volumes and contaminant concentrations at petroleum transfer points such as tanker ports, pipeline transfer points, refinery tank farms, or whenever ownership of petroleum products changes hands. The device has been patented, and initial feasibility experiments have been conducted. The present research is directed toward developing and demonstrating a bench model prototype of the oil-water monitor, complete with the computer software and automated microwave equipment and electronics which will demonstrate the performance of the invention, for implementation in full-scale fielded systems. 1 fig.

• Research Organization: Applied Physics Technology, Inc., Great Falls, VA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-89CE15444
• OSTI ID: 7080931
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE/15444-T1; ON: DE90008316
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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