Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): L. Amundsen, R. Hoffmann, R. Schuller
Keywords: density, heat capacity, oil flow, sub-sea pipelines, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, tps technique, transient plane source, transient plane source (tps) method, viscosity, water flow
Abstract: The authors have performed a study to determine if heat pulse wax monitoring is capable of measuring the wax thickness build-up in an oil pipeline. A numerical model was developed to simulate the heat pulse equipment and to predict the wax thickness based on the experimental results.
Reference: Measurement Science and Technology, 22, 7 (2011) 075701
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/7/075701