Detecting trace amount of water in crude oil with capacitance sensors

• Main Authors: Tang, T.B., Lim, Y.L., Aslam, M.Z.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84931080907&doi=10.1109%2fICSENS.2014.6985433&partnerID=40&md5=1e7f2b0d5a3c327b61d62af37d5fbe3a; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/31051/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

A capacitive sensing system for trace amount of water content in crude oil is proposed. The capacitance sensor comprises a pair of copper electrodes wrapped around a tube with a 12mm diameter. The interface circuit is based on capacitance to phase angle conversion. A combination of differential sens...