Flow Rate Measurement Using {sup 99m}Tc Radiotracer Method in a Pipe Installation

Flow rate is a significant parameter for managing processes in chemical processing plants and water processing facility. Accurate measurement of the flow rate allows engineers to monitor the delivery of process material, which in turn impacts a plant's capacity to produce their products. One of...

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Main Authors: Sipaun, S. M., Bakar, A. Q. Abu, Othman, N., Shaari, M. R., Adnan, M. A. K., Yusof, J. Mohd, Demanah, R.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CAPACITY
DELIVERY
FLOW RATE
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NAI DETECTORS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PEAKS
PIPELINES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SENSORS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VELOCITY
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Summary:Flow rate is a significant parameter for managing processes in chemical processing plants and water processing facility. Accurate measurement of the flow rate allows engineers to monitor the delivery of process material, which in turn impacts a plant's capacity to produce their products. One of the available methods for determining the flow rate of a process material is by introducing a radiotracer to the system that mimics the material's flow pattern. In this study, a low activity Technetium-99m radioisotope was injected into a water piping setup and the 2'' x 2'' NaI (Tl) detectors were calibrated to detect spectrum peaks at specific points of the pipe installation. Using pulse velocity method, water flow rate was determined to be 11.3 litres per minute. For the sampling method, at different pump capacity, the flow rate was 15.0 litres per minute.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.3469696