Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated acoustic phase separator and multiphase fluid composition monitoring apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 综合声相分离器和多相流体成分监测装置及方法
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Application No.: US13225734Application Date: 2011-09-06
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Publication No.: US08640529B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Dipen N. Sinha
- Applicant: Dipen N. Sinha
- Applicant Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Agency: Cochran Freund & Young LLC
- Agent Samuel M. Freund
- Main IPC: G01F1/74
- IPC: G01F1/74

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for down hole gas separation from the multiphase fluid flowing in a wellbore or a pipe, for determining the quantities of the individual components of the liquid and the flow rate of the liquid, and for remixing the component parts of the fluid after which the gas volume may be measured, without affecting the flow stream, are described. Acoustic radiation force is employed to separate gas from the liquid, thereby permitting measurements to be separately made for these two components; the liquid (oil/water) composition is determined from ultrasonic resonances; and the gas volume is determined from capacitance measurements. Since the fluid flows around and through the component parts of the apparatus, there is little pressure difference, and no protection is required from high pressure differentials.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120055262A1 INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC PHASE SEPARATOR AND MULTIPHASE FLUID COMPOSITION MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-03-08
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