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    A Real-Time Monitoring of Fluids Properties in Tubular Architectures

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    Dissertation
    Authors
    Nour, Maha A. cc
    Advisors
    Hussain, Muhammad Mustafa cc
    Committee members
    Alouini, Mohamed-Slim cc
    Schwingenschlögl, Udo cc
    Kurinec, Santosh
    Program
    Electrical Engineering
    KAUST Department
    Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
    Date
    2020-10
    Embargo End Date
    2021-10-10
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/665532
    
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    At the time of archiving, the student author of this dissertation opted to temporarily restrict access to it. The full text of this dissertation will become available to the public after the expiration of the embargo on 2021-10-10.
    Abstract
    Real-time monitoring of fluid properties in tubular systems, such as viscosity, flow rate, and pressure, is essential for industries utilizing the liquid medium. Today such fluid characteristics are studied off-line using laboratory facilities that can provide accurate results. Nonetheless, it is inadequate to match the pace demanded by the industries. Therefore, off-line measurements are slow and ineffective. On the other hand, commercially available real-time monitoring sensors for fluid properties are generally large and bulky, generating considerable pressure reduction and energy loss in tubular systems. Furthermore, they produce significant and persistent damage to the tubular systems during the installation process because of their bulkiness. To address these challenges, industries have realigned their attention on non-destructive testing and noninvasive methodologies installed on the outer tubular surface to avoid flow disturbance and shutting systems for installations. Although, such monitoring sensors showed greater performance in monitoring and inspecting pipe health conditions, they are not effective for monitoring the properties of the fluids. It is limited to flowmeter applications and does not include fluid characteristics such as viscometers. Therefore, developing a convenient real-time integrated sensory system for monitoring different fluid properties in a tubular system is critical. In this dissertation, a fully compliant compact sensory system is designed, developed, examined and optimized for monitoring fluid properties in tubular architectures. The proposed sensor system consists of a physically flexible platform connected to the inner surface of tubes to adopt the different diameters and curvature shapes with unnoticeable flow disruption. Also, it utilizes the microchannel bridge to serve in the macro application inside pipe systems. It has an array of pressure sensors located bellow the microchannel as the primary measurement unit for the device. The dissertation is supported by simulation and modeling for a deeper understanding of the system behavior. In the last stage, the sensory module is integrated with electronics for a fully compliant stand-alone system.
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    Nour, M. A. (2020). A Real-Time Monitoring of Fluids Properties in Tubular Architectures. KAUST Research Repository. https://doi.org/10.25781/KAUST-2K7I3
    DOI
    10.25781/KAUST-2K7I3
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.25781/KAUST-2K7I3
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    PhD Dissertations; Electrical and Computer Engineering Program; Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division

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