Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for sensing temperature along a wellbore using semiconductor elements
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Application No.: US16302947Application Date: 2017-05-26
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Publication No.: US11111777B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Leslie David Jarvis , Shaun Compton Ross
- Applicant: METROL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Aberdeen
- Assignee: METROL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: METROL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Aberdeen
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Priority: GB1609291 20160526
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/051523 WO 20170526
- International Announcement: WO2017/203293 WO 20171130
- Main IPC: G01K13/00
- IPC: G01K13/00 ; G01K7/01 ; G01K1/00 ; E21B47/07 ; G01K1/02 ; G01K1/08 ; E21B47/017 ; E21B47/18 ; G01K7/22 ; E21B47/13

Abstract:
Apparatus (100) for use in sensing temperature in a wellbore, comprising: tubing (110) comprising a plurality of temperature sensor modules (120, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720) provided at locations along the inside of the tubing, said temperature sensor modules comprising temperature sensors (321, 421) provided at least in part by at least one semiconductor element having electrical properties that vary with temperature; an electrical network (115) configured to electrically connect to the semiconductor elements to in use allow measuring of the respective electrical properties of the semiconductor elements to infer a thermal characteristic of the semiconductor element; and at least one control module (130, 330, 430) electrically connected to multiple temperature sensor modules, via the electrical network, and configured to receive and process an electrical signal associated with the temperature sensor modules to enable inference of the temperature of the semiconductor elements and the environment to which the tubing is exposed at the location of that semiconductor element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190292902A1 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SENSING TEMPERATURE ALONG A WELLBORE USING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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