Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for real-time flow measurement in pipelines using THz imaging
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Application No.: US15759435Application Date: 2016-07-25
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Publication No.: US10996091B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Mahmoud Meribout , Esra Hosani
- Applicant: Mahmoud Meribout , Esra Hosani , KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: AE Abu Dhabi; AE Abu Dhabi; AE Abu Dhabi
- Assignee: Mahmoud Meribout,Esra Hosani,KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: Mahmoud Meribout,Esra Hosani,KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: AE Abu Dhabi; AE Abu Dhabi; AE Abu Dhabi
- Agency: 24IP Law Group USA, PLLC
- Agent Timothy R DeWitt
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/054422 WO 20160725
- International Announcement: WO2017/021813 WO 20170209
- Main IPC: G01F1/74
- IPC: G01F1/74 ; G01F1/708 ; G01F1/712 ; G01F15/08 ; G01F1/66 ; G01F7/00

Abstract:
A method and device for determining the flow rate of the wet gas using real-time THz imaging and for determining the flow rate of solid contaminants in oil and gas pipelines using real-time Tera Hertz (THz) imaging is disclosed. A THz imaging device for real-time multiphase flow measurement comprises a THz imaging subsystem having a THz source and an imaging capturing a captured image. Wherein the imaging having at least a two dimensional array of pixels, wherein the multiphase flow may comprise at least one of oil, water, gas and solid contaminants. Further, a method for real-time measurement of a wet gas flow of a gas is disclosed. The flow of gas comprising at least one of a fluid phase or solid contaminants in the gas flow. The method comprises at least the steps of using a THz subsystem on the gas flow to acquire a captured image and further processing the captured image to determine the flow rate of the flow of gas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180321068A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FLOW MEASUREMENT IN PIPELINES USING THZ IMAGING Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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