Viscoline - CVL

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New Genera t ion

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con t inuous in - l ine

measurement o f

p rocess v i s cos i t y

We provide standard or customized solutions, with the following services:

Automation integrated to host systemInstallation and start-upTurnkey serviceFlow processes diagnosticRheological analysis of samplesCustomized solutions design

Credits: Intellectual Property: Enico Group Inc. No document: 000 Date: december 2009

ENICO Group Inc. is a Canadian service company, founded in 1990, acting in the fi elds of automation, control, processes, mechanics, electricity, vision systems, inspection, machine safety and robotics.

Located in Eastern Canada, ENICO Technologies Inc. offers, through its technical center, pilot scale equipment for batch process development, and provides training on rheological fl uid behavior related to process control. Depending on the pro-cess, the objective is to improve effi ciency, manage variability, detect transitions, control emulsions, reduce production cycle time, control deviations, prevent rejects, recalls or reprocessing and scrap, while minimizing human error.

ENICO Technologies Inc., a subsi-diary of Enico Group Inc., provides its customers around the world the expertise of its professionals to develop effective and sustainable solutions thus guarantee the achievements of the highest quality standards.

ENICO Technologies Inc. is also involved in scientific research and ex-perimental development, a guarantee of success and growth.

Our mission

FlexibleOne design for a variety of fl uids as:

Sanitary

Beer, cheese, yogurt, sauces, soap, shampoo, creams, gels

Industrial

Paints, coatings, resins, oils, asphalt emulsions, plasters

No mechanical modifi cation required in order to acquire accurate measurements of different fl uids.

Simple and effi cientAll Stainless Steel Construction • No moving part

No in-situ calibration

ReliableRepeatability: 0,2 %

Resolution: 0,1 cp

Traceable NIST

InnovativePatented technology, based on mixing principles applied to pipes.

Bulk viscosity is measured on the whole fl ow which is re-homo genized by the action of the static mixers.

Technical specifi cationsViscosity 10 to 150.000 Cp

Typical shear rate 50 to 500 s-1

Temperature 23 to 400 ˚F -5 to 200 ˚C

Pressure 10 to 150.000 Cp 70 to 1.000 kPa

Wetted material SS304 SS316

Pipe diameter 1 to 4 in DN 25 to 100

Mounting 2 horizontal sections

Control box Nema 4X IP 65

Power supply 115-220 V 50-60 HZ

Inputs Volumetric fl ow rate 4-20 mA

Outputs Viscosity, temperature, shear rate, fl ow indexes 4-20 mA Modbus TCP over Ethernet

Section 2Section 1

Measuring system4 pressure cells with Stainless Steel membranes

2 differential pressure transmitters

1 control box

How it worksMeasuring principleThe fl uid fl ows through a continuous pipe containing two low pressure drop static mixers.

The sensor device measures the pressure drop at both static mixers by means of two differential pressure measurements: P1 and P2.

Pipe flow rate is required to accurately determine the flow regime to which the viscosity is to be calculated. Pipe fl ow rate can be obtained from either an external data measurement or with a flow meter. Flow rate measurement is not integrated in the Viscoline.

From the two pressure drop measurements and the fl ow rate reading, the fl uid fl ow parameters are processed in the system, and the pipe line viscosity is determined.

A temperature reading can be useful for thermal correc-tion, when a reference measurement is required. Such correction requires laboratory thermal characterization or dual measurement.

Time (hr:min)

Visc

osity

(cp)

Solid

(%)

μ = Қ (γapp) n-1•μ = Қ (γapp) n-1•

Power Law

Shear Rate (s-1)

Visc

osity

(mPa

.S)

Typical real fl uids behavior

The rheological behavior of the processed fluids is described by the Power Law model. According to the model, the process viscosity is defi ned by the following formula:

where: Қ is the consistency index, n is the shear thinning index, γapp is the apparent shear rate, μ is the process viscosity.

Consistency index and shear thinning index are calculated following a method based on mixing principles with static mixers in a pipe. This principle is based on power consumption of a fl ow through two sets of static mixers.

Therefore, no fl uid rheological characterization is required prior to installation.

This unique method has been developed, tested and laboratory certifi ed.

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1 in

1.5 in

2 in2.5 in

3 in

4 in

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100

1000

1 10 100 1000

Flow rate - lpm

Shea

r rat

e - 1

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Flow rate - 1pm

Shea

r rat

e - 1

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Shear rate curves at different pipe diameters

0.01 Pas

0.1 Pas

1 Pas

10 Pas

100 Pas

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Shear rate - 1/s

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dro

p - K

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Shear rate - 1/s

Pres

sure

dro

p - K

PaPressure drop curves through the Viscoline, at different Viscosities

Pipe diameter in/dn 1/25 1.5/40 2/50 2.5/65 3/80 4/100

Typical length per stage in/mm 23.5/590 33.2/840 41.2/1050 48.5/1230 55.8/1410 70/1780

Weight per stage Lb/Kg 20/9 25/11 31/14 42/19 53/24 77/35

End connections: all standard connections availableInternal pipe fi nish (μin/μm) 32/0.8 Ra - 20/0.5 Ra - electro polished

Typical dimensions

v i s c o l i n e @ e n i c o . c o m

3 300 Highway Laval West Laval (Quebec) Canada H7T 2H6Tel: 450 681-2771

Viscoline IntegrationThe Viscoline is delivered in two in-line assemblies, with a control box and an Operating and Maintenance manual.

The Viscoline is offered in a standard confi guration or optionally with the following customized services:

Automation host system integration

Integrated mechanical equipment with complementary instrumentation

Installation and start-up

Turnkey service

Other servicesFlow processes diagnostic,

Rheological analysis,

Customized solutions design.