Ultrasound based Fouling Detection in Polymerization Processes

Konferenz: Sensoren und Messsysteme - 21. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung
10.05.2022 - 11.05.2022 in Nürnberg

Tagungsband: ITG-Fb. 303: Sensoren und Messsysteme

Seiten: 3Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Osenberg, Marco; Westerdick, Stephan; Musch, Thomas (Ruhr University Bochum, Chair of Electronic Circuits, Bochum, Germany)
Foerster, Jan; Tebruegge, Jan (KROHNE Innovation GmbH, Duisburg, Germany)
von Grotthuss, Esther (Covestro Deutschland AG, Leverkusen, Germany)

Inhalt:
In polymerization processes, unpreventable fouling eventually occurs and results in potential product contamination and increased energy consumption. Formation of this fouling must be detected reliably in real-time to perform obligatory cleaning procedures in time. Unfortunately, measurement technique for this purpose is commercially not available yet. Thus, in the present work a measurement setup is developed that can reliably determine formation of fouling using ultra-sound echo measurements.