Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for determining the density of a multiphase fluid, densitometer using said method and multiphase meter using said densitometer
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Application No.: US13264958Application Date: 2011-04-28
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Publication No.: US09599498B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Paolo Aditeo Nardi , Paolo Calciolari , Stefano Bernardi
- Applicant: Paolo Aditeo Nardi , Paolo Calciolari , Stefano Bernardi
- Applicant Address: IT Arcugnano
- Assignee: PIETRO FIORENTINI SPA
- Current Assignee: PIETRO FIORENTINI SPA
- Current Assignee Address: IT Arcugnano
- Agency: IP Strategies
- Priority: ITVI10A0117 20100429
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/056799 WO 20110428
- International Announcement: WO2011/117426 WO 20110929
- Main IPC: G01F1/74
- IPC: G01F1/74 ; G01N9/24 ; G01N9/36 ; G01N33/28

Abstract:
Method for determining the density (D) of a multiphase fluid (F) flowing through a pipe (1) and containing a gas (G) which determines a fluctuation of the actual instantaneous density of the fluid (F), said method comprising the following steps: defining a series of consecutive time periods (S0, S) which are shorter than the time length corresponding to the highest frequency-component of the fluctuation of the actual instantaneous density; conveying through a section (2) of the pipe (1) a photon beam (3) suited to undergo an attenuation while crossing the fluid (F); counting the actual number (A) of photons of the beam (3) which cross the pipe (1) during a first time period (S) of the series; calculating a corrected count (C) as the weighted average value of the actual count (A) and of the corrected count (C0) calculated for the preceding time period (S0); converting the value of the corrected count (C) into a corresponding value of the density (D) of the multiphase fluid (F) for the first time period (S) through a predefined function.
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