<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Accurate sand flow rate measurement is needed to minimize the side effects of sand production in gas fields. There are concerns about the accuracy of sand flow measurement using the sand measuring devices available on the market. In this paper, ultrasonic sensors and discrete wavelet transform signal analysis method is used to measure the sand flow rate. It is found that the strength of the discrete wavelet coefficients in the frequency range of 15–62 kHz has a linear relationship with sand flow rate. This finding provides a new methodology to accurately measure sand flow rate. The proposed method does not need fluid velocity as a prerequisite for sand rate measurement, so it greatly simplifies the system design when flow meters are not used for fluid velocity measurement. Also, this method has a much simpler calibration procedure compared to that of the sand detectors commonly used in the industry.</p></abstract>

Accurate sand flow rate measurement is needed to minimize the side effects of sand production in gas fields. There are concerns about the accuracy of sand flow measurement using the sand measuring devices available on the market. In this paper, ultrasonic sensors and discrete wavelet transform signal analysis method is used to measure the sand flow rate. It is found that the strength of the discrete wavelet coefficients in the frequency range of 15–62 kHz has a linear relationship with sand flow rate. This finding provides a new methodology to accurately measure sand flow rate. The proposed method does not need fluid velocity as a prerequisite for sand rate measurement, so it greatly simplifies the system design when flow meters are not used for fluid velocity measurement. Also, this method has a much simpler calibration procedure compared to that of the sand detectors commonly used in the industry.

Improving sand flow rate measurement using the wavelet transform and ultrasonic sensors

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Accurate sand flow rate measurement is needed to minimize the side effects of sand production in gas fields. There are concerns about the accuracy of sand flow...

Improving sand flow rate measurement using the wavelet transform and ultrasonic sensors

Published Online: Feb 22, 2021

Page range: 1 - 13

Received: Oct 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2021-001

Keywords
Wavelet transform, Sand flow rate measurement, Ultrasonic sensor, Signal processing, Time-frequency domain

© 2021 H. Seraj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Improving sand flow rate measurement using the wavelet transform and ultrasonic sensors

Published Online: Feb 22, 2021

Page range: 1 - 13

Received: Oct 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2021-001

KeywordsWavelet transform, Sand flow rate measurement, Ultrasonic sensor, Signal processing, Time-frequency domain

© 2021 H. Seraj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Wavelet transform, Sand flow rate measurement, Ultrasonic sensor, Signal processing, Time-frequency domain