Ilgner, Hartmut J2017-06-072017-06-072016-06Ilgner, H.J. 2016. Novel instrumentation for online monitoring of stationary beds and their height for settling slurries. 10th North American Conference on Multiphase Technology 2016, 8-10 June 2016, Banff, Canada978-1-5108-2889-6https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/BHR-2016-117http://hdl.handle.net/10204/917810th North American Conference on Multiphase Technology 2016, 8-10 June 2016, Banff, Canada. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website.Novel instrumentation has been developed to detect stationary bed conditions for settling slurries by using externally-mounted sensor heads with a heater and a temperature sensor. These heads are configured in such a way that suitable data are obtained online. Additional sensor heads can be mounted along the circumference of the pipe to detect the actual height of the stationary bed, at pre-determined levels. The embedded software in the Settled Bed Detector (SBD) provides unambiguous outputs for full flow, stationary bed, or bed heights at predefined levels, i.e. 5%, 10% or 15% of the internal pipe diameter. The knowledge about the existence and the vertical extent of the stationary bed and its longevity can reduce the risk of pipeline blockages as part of an optimised mineral process control strategy.enNon-invasive sensingThermal instrumentationPipeline blockagesPipeline sedimentationConference PresentationIlgner, H. J. (2016). Novel instrumentation for online monitoring of stationary beds and their height for settling slurries. Curran Associates, Inc.. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9178Ilgner, Hartmut J. "Novel instrumentation for online monitoring of stationary beds and their height for settling slurries." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9178Ilgner HJ, Novel instrumentation for online monitoring of stationary beds and their height for settling slurries; Curran Associates, Inc.; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9178 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Ilgner, Hartmut J AB - Novel instrumentation has been developed to detect stationary bed conditions for settling slurries by using externally-mounted sensor heads with a heater and a temperature sensor. These heads are configured in such a way that suitable data are obtained online. Additional sensor heads can be mounted along the circumference of the pipe to detect the actual height of the stationary bed, at pre-determined levels. The embedded software in the Settled Bed Detector (SBD) provides unambiguous outputs for full flow, stationary bed, or bed heights at predefined levels, i.e. 5%, 10% or 15% of the internal pipe diameter. The knowledge about the existence and the vertical extent of the stationary bed and its longevity can reduce the risk of pipeline blockages as part of an optimised mineral process control strategy. DA - 2016-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Non-invasive sensing KW - Thermal instrumentation KW - Pipeline blockages KW - Pipeline sedimentation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 978-1-5108-2889-6 T1 - Novel instrumentation for online monitoring of stationary beds and their height for settling slurries TI - Novel instrumentation for online monitoring of stationary beds and their height for settling slurries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9178 ER -