Algorithm for Detection of W/O Crude Oil Emulsion Droplet Size and Its Application
Observing the size and distribution of crude oil emulsion droplets is a prerequisite for analyzing the stability of emulsions,which is very important for mastering the microscopic characteristics of emulsions and guiding the emulsification and demulsification processes of solutions.Firstly,an emulsion droplet size detection algorithm based on connected component labeling was designed,and the number,area,size and distribution of W/O crude oil emulsion droplets were obtained through the processing methods such as medi-an filtering,Otsu binarization,connected component labeling,droplet size calculation and number statistics.Secondly,a emulsion droplet size detection system with three-layer structure was developed.The emulsion microscopic images were imported to top-level interface,and the middle layer used the emulsion droplet size detection algorithm to calculate droplet size and distribution.The bottom layer is the database saved the detection results.The application results show that the emulsion droplet size detection system is simple and conven-ient to operate,has feasibility,efficiency,and scalability,and can meet the actual needs of emulsion droplet size detection.
crude oil emulsiondroplet size detectionconnected component labelingimage processingdetection system