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Attenuation Measurement Method to Control Clay Slurries: Application of Dams Water

by Adil Hamine, Bouazza Faiz, Ali Moudden, Gerard Maze
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 75 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Adil Hamine, Bouazza Faiz, Ali Moudden, Gerard Maze
10.5120/13151-0584

Adil Hamine, Bouazza Faiz, Ali Moudden, Gerard Maze . Attenuation Measurement Method to Control Clay Slurries: Application of Dams Water. International Journal of Computer Applications. 75, 10 ( August 2013), 42-44. DOI=10.5120/13151-0584

@article{ 10.5120/13151-0584,
author = { Adil Hamine, Bouazza Faiz, Ali Moudden, Gerard Maze },
title = { Attenuation Measurement Method to Control Clay Slurries: Application of Dams Water },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2013 },
volume = { 75 },
number = { 10 },
month = { August },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 42-44 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume75/number10/13151-0584/ },
doi = { 10.5120/13151-0584 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Adil Hamine
%A Bouazza Faiz
%A Ali Moudden
%A Gerard Maze
%T Attenuation Measurement Method to Control Clay Slurries: Application of Dams Water
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 75
%N 10
%P 42-44
%D 2013
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

We propose to study the behavior of diluated suspensions of clay and non colloidal particles by a combination of experiments. We plan to study these diluate particulate systems by changing the masse fraction of clay. We have developed a technique based on the ultrasound, by measuring ultrasonic attenuation waves in clay slurries. This technique makes it possible to control in real time the presence of the clay grains whose dimension is about 10 micron, using an interface conceived under Labview program. The slurries with different weight of clay were controlled. The detection of weak amount of clay's grains and colloid were provided by the transducer 30Mhz. High sensitivity is obtained by analyzing the attenuation measurements founded from multiple paths through the slurry. The experimental results obtained show that the attenuation of waves due to particles varies linearly with mass fraction and the frequency of transducers. Therefore, such measures of the attenuation at a given frequency give the concentration of clay in the suspension. These frequency charts will be used for the quality control of the dam's water.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Clay suspension characterization diluate clay suspensions ultrasonic attenuation attenuation measurement method clay concentration in distilled water clay's slurries control dam's water measurement