TITLE:
The Features of Acoustic Bathymetry of Sludge in Oil Storage Tanks
AUTHORS:
Manel Monteiro, Victor Svet, Donald Sandilands
KEYWORDS:
Crude Oil, Storage Oil Tanks, Sludge, Acoustic Bathymetry, Acoustic Profiling
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Acoustics,
Vol.4 No.2,
May
20,
2014
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.