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US09046399B2 Minimally intrusive monitoring of a multiphase process flow using a tracer and a spatially arranged array of at least two sensors on a flow pipe 有权
使用示踪器和在流管上的至少两个传感器的空间排列的阵列对多相工艺流程进行微小的侵入性监测

Minimally intrusive monitoring of a multiphase process flow using a tracer and a spatially arranged array of at least two sensors on a flow pipe
Abstract:
An apparatus for and a method of monitoring multiphase fluid flow passing within a pipe is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a flow pressure value and a flow temperature value for the multiphase fluid flow within the pipe; b) sensing the fluid flow with a fluid flow meter operable to be attached to an exterior of the pipe, the flowmeter including a spatial array of at least two sensors disposed at different axial positions along the pipe, and producing flow velocity signals indicative of a velocity of the fluid flow traveling within the pipe; c) selectively injecting at least one tracer into the fluid flow passing within the pipe, at a known injection flow rate and concentration; d) sensing a sample of the fluid flow for the tracer, and producing tracer concentration signals indicative of the concentration of the tracer in the fluid flow; and e) determining one or more of a gas component flow rate, an oil component flow rate, and a water component flow rate, using one or more of the flow pressure value, the flow temperature value, the flow velocity signals, and the tracer concentration signals.
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