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Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure

Determining the crude oil concentration changes as an essential factor in reservoir engineering, via proposed modified optical fiber sensor, offers a novel approach in oil production optimization. A highly sensitive optical fiber probe is fabricated via partially removing the cladding and coating th...

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Main Authors: Samavati, Alireza, Samavati, Zahra, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Yahya, Noorhana, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, A. Rahman, Mukhlis
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108171
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spelling my.utm.946172022-03-31T15:48:30Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94617/ Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure Samavati, Alireza Samavati, Zahra Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Yahya, Noorhana Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan A. Rahman, Mukhlis TP Chemical technology Determining the crude oil concentration changes as an essential factor in reservoir engineering, via proposed modified optical fiber sensor, offers a novel approach in oil production optimization. A highly sensitive optical fiber probe is fabricated via partially removing the cladding and coating the sensing part with zinc oxide/silver (ZnO/Ag) heterostructre layer. The ZnO outer layer has three configurations including nanoparticle, horizontally and vertically oriented nanorods. The fabricated optical fiber sensors are subjected to detect the crude oil concentration variations through detection of both wavelengths shift and intensity changes. The effect of ZnO outer layer shape, and the type of light source is used, on sensitivity of the probe is examined. Comprehensive investigation on shape dependent structural and optical properties of ZnO outer layer demonstrates that vertically oriented ZnO has larger surface area, higher average dispersion relation, better crystallinity, larger surface roughness and better adhesion (interaction) with crude oil molecules and these characteristics are responsible for its superior performance compare to other ZnO configurations. For the probe coated with vertically aligned ZnO nanorods when the infrared (IR) light source is used, the intensity and wavelength sensitivity of 0.044 dB/?%crude oil and 0.112 nm/? %crude oil are obtained respectively. Elsevier B.V. 2021 Article PeerReviewed Samavati, Alireza and Samavati, Zahra and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi and Yahya, Noorhana and Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan and A. Rahman, Mukhlis (2021) Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 167 . p. 108171. ISSN 0263-2241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108171
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topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Samavati, Alireza
Samavati, Zahra
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Yahya, Noorhana
Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan
A. Rahman, Mukhlis
Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure
description Determining the crude oil concentration changes as an essential factor in reservoir engineering, via proposed modified optical fiber sensor, offers a novel approach in oil production optimization. A highly sensitive optical fiber probe is fabricated via partially removing the cladding and coating the sensing part with zinc oxide/silver (ZnO/Ag) heterostructre layer. The ZnO outer layer has three configurations including nanoparticle, horizontally and vertically oriented nanorods. The fabricated optical fiber sensors are subjected to detect the crude oil concentration variations through detection of both wavelengths shift and intensity changes. The effect of ZnO outer layer shape, and the type of light source is used, on sensitivity of the probe is examined. Comprehensive investigation on shape dependent structural and optical properties of ZnO outer layer demonstrates that vertically oriented ZnO has larger surface area, higher average dispersion relation, better crystallinity, larger surface roughness and better adhesion (interaction) with crude oil molecules and these characteristics are responsible for its superior performance compare to other ZnO configurations. For the probe coated with vertically aligned ZnO nanorods when the infrared (IR) light source is used, the intensity and wavelength sensitivity of 0.044 dB/?%crude oil and 0.112 nm/? %crude oil are obtained respectively.
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author Samavati, Alireza
Samavati, Zahra
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Yahya, Noorhana
Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan
A. Rahman, Mukhlis
author_facet Samavati, Alireza
Samavati, Zahra
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Yahya, Noorhana
Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan
A. Rahman, Mukhlis
author_sort Samavati, Alireza
title Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure
title_short Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure
title_full Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure
title_fullStr Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure
title_full_unstemmed Multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with ZnO/Ag nano-heterostructure
title_sort multi aspect investigation of crude oil concentration detecting via optical fiber sensor coated with zno/ag nano-heterostructure
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94617/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108171
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