Microwave Sensing of Elemental Sulfur Deposition in Gas Pipelines
A non-intrusive conformal electromagnetic-based monitoring of elemental sulfur deposition within a natural gas-carrying pipeline is presented. The deposited sulfur behaves as a superstrate layer above a sensing microstrip patch antenna that is optimally placed on the inner wall of the gas pipeline. Increasing the superstrate thickness by the sulfur deposition alters the antenna resonance behavior, which can be monitored externally. The effect of uneven or bumpy sulfur deposition is studied. Sensing antennas positioned outside a plexiglass pipeline are also investigated to observe the change in the antenna impedance matching with accumulating sulfur superstrate. Lab-based measured results agreed well with the simulated responses using commercial electromagnetic software. The proposed low-cost and easy-to-implement detection technique exhibits an accurate estimation of the deposited sulfur thickness inside the natural gas-carrying pipelines.
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