Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions
An ultrasonic technique, invariant to temperature changes, for a density measurement of different liquids under in situ extreme conditions is presented. The influence of geometry and material parameters of the measurement system (transducer, waveguide, matching layer) on measurement accuracy and rel...
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| author | Rymantas Kazys Reimondas Sliteris Regina Rekuviene Egidijus Zukauskas Liudas Mazeika |
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| description | An ultrasonic technique, invariant to temperature changes, for a density measurement of different liquids under in situ extreme conditions is presented. The influence of geometry and material parameters of the measurement system (transducer, waveguide, matching layer) on measurement accuracy and reliability is analyzed theoretically along with experimental results. The proposed method is based on measurement of the amplitude of the ultrasonic wave, reflected from the interface of the solid/liquid medium under investigation. In order to enhance sensitivity, the use of a quarter wavelength acoustic matching layer is proposed. Therefore, the sensitivity of the measurement system increases significantly. Density measurements quite often must be performed in extreme conditions at high temperature (up to 220 °C) and high pressure. In this case, metal waveguides between piezoelectric transducer and the measured liquid are used in order to protect the conventional transducer from the influence of high temperature and to avoid depolarization. The presented ultrasonic density measurement technique is suitable for density measurement in different materials, including liquids and polymer melts in extreme conditions. A new calibration algorithm was proposed. The metrological evaluation of the measurement method was performed. The expanded measurement uncertainty Uρ = 7.4 × 10−3 g/cm3 (1%). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e14cd2c095f494e9dc1303a8286b31e2022-12-22T04:01:13ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202015-08-01158193931941510.3390/s150819393s150819393Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme ConditionsRymantas Kazys0Reimondas Sliteris1Regina Rekuviene2Egidijus Zukauskas3Liudas Mazeika4Ultrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Barsausko st. 59, Kaunas LT-51368, LithuaniaUltrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Barsausko st. 59, Kaunas LT-51368, LithuaniaUltrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Barsausko st. 59, Kaunas LT-51368, LithuaniaUltrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Barsausko st. 59, Kaunas LT-51368, LithuaniaUltrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Barsausko st. 59, Kaunas LT-51368, LithuaniaAn ultrasonic technique, invariant to temperature changes, for a density measurement of different liquids under in situ extreme conditions is presented. The influence of geometry and material parameters of the measurement system (transducer, waveguide, matching layer) on measurement accuracy and reliability is analyzed theoretically along with experimental results. The proposed method is based on measurement of the amplitude of the ultrasonic wave, reflected from the interface of the solid/liquid medium under investigation. In order to enhance sensitivity, the use of a quarter wavelength acoustic matching layer is proposed. Therefore, the sensitivity of the measurement system increases significantly. Density measurements quite often must be performed in extreme conditions at high temperature (up to 220 °C) and high pressure. In this case, metal waveguides between piezoelectric transducer and the measured liquid are used in order to protect the conventional transducer from the influence of high temperature and to avoid depolarization. The presented ultrasonic density measurement technique is suitable for density measurement in different materials, including liquids and polymer melts in extreme conditions. A new calibration algorithm was proposed. The metrological evaluation of the measurement method was performed. The expanded measurement uncertainty Uρ = 7.4 × 10−3 g/cm3 (1%).http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/8/19393ultrasonic measurementsdensityextreme conditions |
| spellingShingle | Rymantas Kazys Reimondas Sliteris Regina Rekuviene Egidijus Zukauskas Liudas Mazeika Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions Sensors ultrasonic measurements density extreme conditions |
| title | Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions |
| title_full | Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions |
| title_short | Ultrasonic Technique for Density Measurement of Liquids in Extreme Conditions |
| title_sort | ultrasonic technique for density measurement of liquids in extreme conditions |
| topic | ultrasonic measurements density extreme conditions |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/8/19393 |
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