Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wet-gas flowmeter
- Patent Title (中): 湿气流量计
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Application No.: US11625460Application Date: 2007-01-22
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Publication No.: US07654155B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Espen S. Johansen , Omer Haldun Unalmis , John Lievois
- Applicant: Espen S. Johansen , Omer Haldun Unalmis , John Lievois
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: G01F1/44
- IPC: G01F1/44

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus determine phase fractions for phases within a fluid mixture flow under a wide range of flow conditions including wet-gas flow. Appropriate flow algorithms can utilize this phase fraction information with a total flow rate of the mixture to find individual flow rates for phases, such as oil, water, and gas or gas and liquid, which can represent a combination of oil and water phases. For some embodiments, a multiphase flowmeter includes an array of spatially distributed pressure sensors configured to determine a velocity of the mixture flow and hence the total flow rate, which is applied with information from a differential pressure meter to calculate the bulk density of the fluid mixture. Further, additional speed of sound information or a water-in-liquid ratio as may be determined by spectral analysis can enable differentiation between the oil and water phases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080066559A1 WET-GAS FLOWMETER Public/Granted day:2008-03-20
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