LAPSE:2023.28375
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LAPSE:2023.28375
Using ANN and Combined Capacitive Sensors to Predict the Void Fraction for a Two-Phase Homogeneous Fluid Independent of the Liquid Phase Type
April 11, 2023
Measuring the void fraction of different multiphase flows in various fields such as gas, oil, chemical, and petrochemical industries is very important. Various methods exist for this purpose. Among these methods, the capacitive sensor has been widely used. The thing that affects the performance of capacitance sensors is fluid properties. For instance, density, pressure, and temperature can cause vast errors in the measurement of the void fraction. A routine calibration, which is very grueling, is one approach to tackling this issue. In the present investigation, an artificial neural network (ANN) was modeled to measure the gas percentage of a two-phase flow regardless of the liquid phase type and changes, without having to recalibrate. For this goal, a new combined capacitance-based sensor was designed. This combined sensor was simulated with COMSOL Multiphysics software. Five different liquids were simulated: oil, gasoil, gasoline, crude oil, and water. To estimate the gas percentage of a homogeneous two-phase fluid with a distinct type of liquid, data obtained from COMSOL Multiphysics were used as input to train a multilayer perceptron network (MLP). The proposed neural network was modeled in MATLAB software. Using the new and accurate metering system, the proposed MLP model could predict the void fraction with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 4.919.
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artificial neural network (ANN), capacitance sensor, concave sensor, homogenous regime, ring sensor, two-phase flow, void fraction measuring
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Chen TC, Alizadeh SM, Alanazi AK, Grimaldo Guerrero JW, Abo-Dief HM, Eftekhari-Zadeh E, Fouladinia F. Using ANN and Combined Capacitive Sensors to Predict the Void Fraction for a Two-Phase Homogeneous Fluid Independent of the Liquid Phase Type. (2023). LAPSE:2023.28375
Author Affiliations
Chen TC: College of Management and Design, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 243303, Taiwan [ORCID]
Alizadeh SM: Petroleum Engineering Department, Australian University, West Mishref 13015, Kuwait [ORCID]
Alanazi AK: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia [ORCID]
Grimaldo Guerrero JW: Department of Energy, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080001, Colombia [ORCID]
Abo-Dief HM: Department of Science and Technology, University College-Ranyah, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Eftekhari-Zadeh E: Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany [ORCID]
Fouladinia F: Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, Powstancow Warszawy 12, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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Processes
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11
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3
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940
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2023
Publication Date
2023-03-20
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2227-9717
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PII: pr11030940, Publication Type: Journal Article
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