Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-phase fluid fraction measurement
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Application No.: US15525905Application Date: 2015-10-14
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Publication No.: US10690532B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Prafull Sharma , Aparna Chakrapani Sheila-Vadde , Suma Memana Narayana Bhat , Vikram Melapudi
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@29a36eac
- International Application: PCT/US2015/055424 WO 20151014
- International Announcement: WO2016/077011 WO 20160519
- Main IPC: G01F1/74
- IPC: G01F1/74 ; G01F1/66 ; G01N33/28 ; G01N22/00

Abstract:
A method of determining a fraction of one or more phases in a multi-phase fluid in a conduit is provided. The method includes exciting (602) a sensing device to cause emission of electromagnetic waves of a range of frequencies into a multi-phase fluid. The sensing device comprises an antenna and a dielectric layer, selected to cause resonance in at least one of a first set of frequencies or a second set of frequencies based on a flow state of the multi-phase fluid, when placed proximate to the multi-phase fluid. The method also includes receiving (604) transmitted or reflected electromagnetic waves from the multi-phase fluid. The flow state of the multi-phase fluid is selected (606) based on a classification parameter. Fractions are determined (608) utilizing at least one fraction determination model that is selected based on the flow state of the multi-phase fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170322064A1 MULTI-PHASE FLUID FRACTION MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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