Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determination of density for metering a fluid flow
- Patent Title (中): 测量流体流量的密度
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Application No.: US12369320Application Date: 2009-02-11
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Publication No.: US07987733B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Ian Atkinson , John Sherwood
- Applicant: Ian Atkinson , John Sherwood
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agent Helene Raybaud; James McAleenan; Brigid Laffey
- Main IPC: G01F1/44
- IPC: G01F1/44

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring densities and flow rates of gas-liquid fluid mixtures. In the systems and methods, the fluid mixture is caused to exhibit swirling flow as it flows through a conduit that includes a constriction, a first pressure difference is measured between two vertically-spaced measurement positions in the conduit, a second pressure difference is measured between two horizontally-spaced measurement positions in the conduit, the first horizontally-spaced measurement position being at the constriction region and the second horizontally-spaced measurement position being upstream or downstream of the constriction region, and one or more of the pressure differences is used to determine a density or a flow rate of the gas-liquid fluid mixture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090234593A1 DETERMINATION OF DENSITY FOR METERING A FLUID FLOW Public/Granted day:2009-09-17
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