Component measurement of a fluid
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsAdam Robert Dotson, Brice Aaron Jackson
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Abstract
An apparatus for measuring the oil and water fractions of a fluid, such as a drilling fluid. The apparatus includes a vessel body having an inner chamber coupled with a fluid inlet and an outlet. A heating element is coupled with the vessel body operable to communicate heat sufficient to vaporize a fluid within the vessel body to a gas. A gas analytical device is coupled with the outlet operable to measure components of the gas exiting the vessel body via the outlet. A rotary milling cutter translatable through the inner chamber and into solids remaining from the vaporized fluid, and having cutters operable to break solids within the inner chamber remaining from the vaporized fluid. The solids may be ejected through a solids discharge port.
Claims20
An apparatus for measuring a fluid input comprising:
- a vessel body having an inner chamber coupled with a fluid inlet and an outlet;
- a heating element coupled with the vessel body operable to communicate heat sufficient to vaporize a fluid within the vessel body to a gas;
- a gas analytical device coupled with the outlet operable to measure components of the gas exiting the vessel body via the outlet;
- and a rotary milling cutter translatable through the inner chamber and into solids remaining from the vaporized fluid, and having cutters operable to break the solids within the inner chamber remaining from the vaporized fluid.
A method comprising:
- introducing a fluid into an inner chamber of a vessel body;
- heating the fluid in the vessel body such that the fluid vaporizes to form a gas, whereby solids from the fluid are left within the inner chamber as a result of the vaporization;
- flowing the gas out the body via an outlet;
- measuring components of the gas exiting the vessel body with a gas analytical device;
- milling the solids with a rotary milling cutter;
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- discharging solids from the inner chamber.
A system for measuring a fluid input comprising:
- a vessel body having an inner chamber coupled with a fluid inlet and an outlet;
- a heating element coupled with the vessel body operable to communicate heat sufficient to vaporize a fluid within the vessel body to a gas;
- a gas analytical device coupled with the outlet operable to measure components of the gas exiting the vessel body via the outlet;
- and a rotary milling cutter translatable through the inner chamber and into solids remaining from the vaporized fluid, and having cutters operable to break the solids within the inner chamber remaining from the vaporized fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.