Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio frequency based void fraction determination
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Application No.: US15667442Application Date: 2017-08-02
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Publication No.: US10670541B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: John R. Sisler , Sadiq Jafar Mohammed Zarrouk
- Applicant: Steamfield Sensors, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Scotts Valley NZ Auckland
- Assignee: Steamfield Sensors, Inc.,Auckland UniServices Limited
- Current Assignee: Steamfield Sensors, Inc.,Auckland UniServices Limited
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Scotts Valley NZ Auckland
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Agent Brian Coleman
- Main IPC: G01N22/00
- IPC: G01N22/00 ; G01N25/60 ; G01F1/56 ; G01F1/58 ; G01F1/60 ; G01F1/74 ; G01N33/24 ; H01Q1/22 ; H01Q1/44 ; G01N27/02

Abstract:
Several embodiments include a method of computing void fraction in a two-phase mixture in a pipe. A driver and a transmitter antenna can transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal through the pipe. The pipe can convey the two-phase mixture extracted from a geothermal well. The RF signal can pass through the two-phase mixture. A receiver antenna in the pipe can receive the RF signal. A receiver circuit can measure signal strength attenuations of the RF signal at the receiver antenna over a time window. A computation engine can compute an average of the signal strength attenuations over the time window. The computation engine or another computing device can then compute, in real-time, a change in a void fraction of the two-phase mixture based on the average of the signal strength attenuations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170328843A1 RADIO FREQUENCY BASED VOID FRACTION DETERMINATION Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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