The Features of Acoustic Bathymetry of Sludge in Oil Storage Tanks

¹ ITS Ltd., Aberdeen, UK

² Laboratory of Signal Processing and Imaging, Institute of Acoustics, Moscow, Russia

³ ITS Ltd., Aberdeen, UK

Abstract

The features of acoustic bathymetry of sludge in crude oil tanks are considered. Different parameters of crude oil and sludge which are important for the selection of acoustic parameters such as sound speed, the acoustic impedances of “oil-sludge” boundaries and sound attenuation are analyzed and compared with experimental data. The main sources of errors of sludge volume estimation are discussed.

KeywordsCrude OilStorage Oil TanksSludgeAcoustic BathymetryAcoustic Profiling

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The Features of Acoustic Bathymetry of Sludge in Oil Storage Tanks

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