Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiphase flow and salinity meter with dual opposite handed helical resonators
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Application No.: US17206741Application Date: 2021-03-19
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Publication No.: US11644351B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Muhammad Akram Karimi , Muhammad Arsalan , Atif Shamim
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran; SA Thurwal
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01F1/64
- IPC: G01F1/64 ; G01F1/74

Abstract:
A multiphase flow measurement apparatus includes a tubular, a first microwave resonator, a second microwave resonator, and a coplanar waveguide resonator. The tubular includes a wall formed to define an inner bore configured to flow a multiphase fluid. The first microwave resonator has a first helical shape with a first longitudinal length and is configured to generate a first electric field that rotates. The second microwave resonator has a second helical shape with a second longitudinal length different from the first longitudinal length of the first microwave resonator and is configured to generate a second electric field that rotates. The first and second microwave resonators are mutually orthogonal to each other and cooperatively configured to measure a salinity of the multiphase fluid flowing through the inner bore. The coplanar waveguide resonator is configured to generate a third electric field to measure a flow rate of the multiphase fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220299348A1 MULTIPHASE FLOWMETER Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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