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  1. Development of an experimental method based on Compton backscattering to measure the wax thickness in petroleum pipelines
Development of an experimental method based on Compton backscattering to measure the wax thickness in petroleum pipelines
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Development of an experimental method based on Compton backscattering to measure the wax thickness in petroleum pipelines

Kochakpour, J

Development of an experimental method based on Compton backscattering to measure the wax thickness in petroleum pipelines

Kochakpour, J ; Sharif University of Technology | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/10/T10008
  3. Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd , 2021
  4. Abstract:
  5. Wax deposition inside pipelines is a major concern in oil and gas industries, and it must be continuously monitored. In this paper, a mathematical-experimental combined method based on the Compton scattering was proposed to determine the thickness of the wax deposited inside the industrial pipes. For this purpose, first, the relationship between the intensity of the backscattered gamma-rays and the thickness of the wax inside the pipe was mathematically modeled. Then, an experimental setup was prepared for measuring the intensity of the backscattered gamma-rays from the pipes with different wall thicknesses and different wax widths. Finally, the experimentally measured counts were used by the mathematical model to calculate the wax thickness. The obtained results revealed that using this method, the wax thickness can be determined with a mean error of less than 5%. © 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab
  6. Keywords:
  7. Gamma rays ; Germanium compounds ; Iodine compounds ; Mercury compounds ; Phosphorus compounds ; Pipelines ; Scintillation counters ; Back-scattered ; Detectors: scintillator ; Emission process ; Experimental methods ; Gamma detector (scintillator, CZT, HPGe, HgI etc) ; Gamma detectors ; Gamma-rays ; Inspection with gamma ray ; Liquid scintillator ; Scintillation and light emission process (solid, gas and liquid scintillator) ; Ionization
  8. Source: Journal of Instrumentation ; Volume 16, Issue 10 , 2021 ; 17480221 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/16/10/T10008