Extreme-condition sensors for use with electrical capacitance volume tomography and capacitance sensing applications

    公开(公告)号:US11408847B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16621794

    申请日:2018-05-30

    Abstract: An electrical capacitance volume tomography sensor for use in high temperature, high pressure applications for measuring or imaging a flow within the sensor, the sensor comprising an outer pressure vessel, a plurality of electrodes placed within the outer pressure vessel, a plurality of threaded studs, wherein one of the threaded studs is attached to one of the plurality of electrodes, a coating or layer is placed on the plurality of electrodes for electrically isolating the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of holes in the outer pressure vessel for allowing terminal connections to the plurality of electrodes within the outer pressure vessel, wherein each of the plurality of holes accepts one of the plurality of threaded studs, and a plurality of gaskets, where one gasket is placed at each of the plurality of holes to seal the pressure at each of the holes in the outer pressure vessel by placing one gasket concentric around one threaded stud and conforming each gasket between a back of an electrode and the inside wall of the pressure vessel by tightening each of the plurality of nuts on each of the threaded studs.

    MULTIDIMENSIONAL CAPACITANCE MULTIPHASE FLOW METER

    公开(公告)号:US20250020496A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18590693

    申请日:2024-02-28

    Abstract: A non-intrusive multi-dimensional or multi-phase flow measurement instrument that uses capacitance electrodes to measure volume fraction (0-100%) and velocity for flows having single or multiple phases. It includes integrating the multi-dimensional capacitance sensing technology with several algorithms to increase accuracy and detect fluid phases and flow conditions. The multi-dimensional flow meter is a universal instrument to measure flows with single, two, three, or more phases using a set of multi-dimensional capacitance sensors. The multi-dimensional flow meter is capable of measuring the individual components and flow rates of virtually any multi-phase flow by using single amplitude and electric phase measurements or integrating multiple measurements of amplitude, phase (and at different frequencies), to identify the volumetric or mass flow rate of a passing flow.

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