Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular optical profiler for measuring level, oil-water interface and water content in the emulsion layer. The profiler consists of optical sensor modules for temperature and pressure measurement and can be adapted for measurement in different tanks and operating processes, since it has small dimensions, flexibility and modularity. Furthermore, the profiler uses fiber optic Bragg gratings (FBG) to measure pressure and temperature gradients in production tanks. Further, the proposed modular optical profiler has the important advantage of measurement redundancy that, associated with the fusion of measurement data using different parameters, results in robust equipment that can function in different adverse operating conditions.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a system for measuring the water-oil interface level based on the fluid thermal properties. To overcome limitations related to the interface level in oil separation processes, an interface level sensor must detect water, oil, emulsion and foam layers. Furthermore, maintenance costs must be low and the time between maintenance must be high, in order to obtain high production rates and more reliable control of the oil separators. Optical system for measuring the water-oil interface level from fluid thermal properties comprises single-mode optical fiber (1), FBG (2), PTFE tube (3), connection (4), flange (5), optical connectors (6) and optical interrogator (7).