Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic clamp-on multiphase flowmeter
- Patent Title (中): 超声波夹紧多相流量计
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Application No.: US12682317Application Date: 2008-11-24
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Publication No.: US08694270B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Songming Huang , Ian Atkinson , Cheng-gang Xie
- Applicant: Songming Huang , Ian Atkinson , Cheng-gang Xie
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- International Application: PCT/GB2008/003902 WO 20081124
- International Announcement: WO2009/071870 WO 20090611
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66

Abstract:
A multiphase flowmeter for determining at least one characteristic of a first phase flowing in a pipe with at least a second phase being also present in the pipe is disclosed. The multiphase flowmeter includes a processor configured to determine the at least one characteristic of the first phase, a first transducer configured to emit a first pulse signal into the first phase at a first incident angle with respect to a straight line that is perpendicular to an interior pipe wall; the first pulse signal is in an ultrasonic range and is configured to be coupled to an exterior pipe wall; and the absolute value of the first incident angle in the first phase is configured to be at least 10 degrees and at most 80 degrees and a second transducer configured to emit a second pulse signal into the first phase at a substantially normal incidence.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100299088A1 ULTRASONIC CLAMP-ON MULTIPHASE FLOWMETER Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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