Monitoring the solid-liquid interface in tanks using profiling sonar and 3D visualization techniques

Nitin Sood; Jinsong Zhang; David Roelant; Rajiv Srivastava

doi:10.1117/12.587979

11 March 2005 Monitoring the solid-liquid interface in tanks using profiling sonar and 3D visualization techniques

Nitin Sood, Jinsong Zhang, David Roelant, Rajiv Srivastava

Proceedings Volume 5669, Visualization and Data Analysis 2005; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587979
Event: Electronic Imaging 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Visualization of the interface between settled solids and the optically opaque liquid above is necessary to facilitate efficient retrieval of the high-level radioactive waste (HLW) from underground storage tanks. A profiling sonar was used to generate 2-D slices across the settled solids at the bottom of the tank. By incrementally rotating the sonar about its centerline, slices of the solid-liquid interface can be imaged and a 3-D image of the settled solids interface generated. To demonstrate the efficacy of the sonar in real-time solid-liquid interface monitoring systems inside HLW tanks, two sets of experiments were performed. First, various solid objects and kaolin clay (10 μm dia) were successfully imaged while agitating with 30% solids (by weight) entrained in the liquid. Second, a solid with a density similar to that of the immersed fluid density was successfully imaged. Two dimensional (2-D) sonar images and the accuracy and limitations of the in-tank imaging will be presented for these two experiments. In addition, a brief review of how to utilize a 2-D sonar image to generate a 3-D surface of the settled layer within a tank will be discussed.

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Nitin Sood, Jinsong Zhang, David Roelant, and Rajiv Srivastava "Monitoring the solid-liquid interface in tanks using profiling sonar and 3D visualization techniques", Proc. SPIE 5669, Visualization and Data Analysis 2005, (11 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587979

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