Multiphase flow meter combining extended throat venturi with microwave resonators
AssigneesSaudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsMuhammad Arsalan, Muhammad Akram Karimi, Atif Shamim
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure aim to provide advanced multiphase flow meters utilizing advanced sensor configurations and data analysis. In an embodiment, a system is provided and configured with permittivity sensors configured around the throat section of an extended throat venturi enclosure. In a particular embodiment, the permittivity sensors in the described system are configured with a computer system or a micro-computer system, that can be configured with a computer circuit board comprising a processor, memory, networking capability, and software.
Claims18
An extended throat venturi multiphase flow meter system, comprising:
- a venturi convergence section;
- an extended venturi throat section connected to the venturi convergence section and further comprising:
- an outer metallic housing,
- a polymer tube centrally located within the outer metallic housing,
- dual microwave resonance sensors configured within the outer metallic housing and further positioned on the polymer tube such that measurements can be taken of multiphase flows within the polymer tube, and
- a venturi divergence section connected to the extended venturi throat section;
- the dual microwave resonance sensors of the extended venturi throat section further configured to communicate with a computer system, the computer system further comprising:
- a computer circuit board,
- a microprocessor configured on the computer circuit board, the microprocessor configured with input/output channels,
- memory configured to be in communication with the microprocessor,
- a data bus extending between the memory and the microprocessor, and
- a network interface configured to be in communication with the microprocessor,
- non-volatile memory configured to be in communication with the microprocessor, and
- a software program stored on the nonvolatile memory that enables the microprocessor to collect and process the sensor measurement data.
A method of analyzing sensor data using an extended throat venturi multiphase flow meter system, comprising the following steps:
- deploying an extended throat venturi multiphase flow meter system at a wellsite, the extended throat venturi multiphase flow meter system comprising:
- a venturi convergence section;
- an extended venturi throat section connected to the venturi convergence section and further comprising:
- an outer metallic housing,
- a polymer tube centrally located within the outer metallic housing,
- dual microwave resonance sensors configured within the outer metallic housing and further positioned on the polymer tube such that measurements can be taken of multiphase flows within the polymer tube, and
- a venturi divergence section connected to the extended venturi throat section;
- the dual microwave resonance sensors of the extended venturi throat section further configured to communicate with a computer system, the computer system further comprising:
- a computer circuit board,
- a microprocessor configured on the computer circuit board, the microprocessor configured with input/output channels,
- memory configured to be in communication with the microprocessor,
- a data bus extending between the memory and the microprocessor,
- a network interface configured to be in communication with the microprocessor,
- non-volatile memory configured to be in communication with the microprocessor, and
- a software program stored on the nonvolatile memory that enables the microprocessor to process the sensor measurement data,
- the method further comprising the step of:
- collecting and logging, by the computer, system, microwave resonance sensor measurement values for processing and analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.