Ultrasound based Fouling Detection in Polymerization Processes

Conference: Sensoren und Messsysteme - 21. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung
05/10/2022 - 05/11/2022 at Nürnberg

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 303: Sensoren und Messsysteme

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
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)

Abstract:
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.