Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for autonomous downhole fluid selection with pathway dependent resistance system
- Patent Title (中): 自主井底流体选择方法和装置,具有通路依赖电阻系统
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Application No.: US13351087Application Date: 2012-01-16
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Publication No.: US09133685B2Publication Date: 2015-09-15
- Inventor: Michael Linley Fripp , Jason D. Dykstra , Orlando DeJesus
- Applicant: Michael Linley Fripp , Jason D. Dykstra , Orlando DeJesus
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: E21B34/08
- IPC: E21B34/08 ; F15C1/16 ; E21B43/08 ; E21B43/12 ; E21B43/14 ; E21B43/32

Abstract:
An apparatus is described for controlling fluid flow in a downhole tubular. Fluid is flowed through a flow control system having a flow ratio control system and a pathway dependent resistance system. The flow ratio control system has a first and second passageway, where the ratio of fluid flowing through the passageways dependent on a characteristic of the fluid flow. The pathway dependent resistance system includes a vortex chamber with a first inlet directing flow primarily tangentially into the vortex chamber and the second inlet directing flow primarily radially into the vortex chamber. Undesired fluids, such as gas or water, in an oil well, are directed, based on their relative fluid flow characteristics, into the vortex primarily tangentially, thereby restricting flow when the undesired fluid is present.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130255960A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS DOWNHOLE FLUID SELECTION WITH PATHWAY DEPENDENT RESISTANCE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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