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US 11,692,418 B2Granted
Inflow control device, method and system
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsZhihui Zhang, Bin Zhu, Guijun Deng, Zhiyue Xu, Ronnie Russell
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Abstract
A flow control device including a flow channel having a housing defining an inside surface, the inside surface having an irregular helical structure of constant orthogonal cross-sectional dimensions.
Claims16
A flow control device comprising:
- a flow channel having a housing defining an inside surface, the inside surface having an irregular helical structure defined by a rotated non circular closed geometric shape of constant dimensions moved along a longitudinal direction of the flow channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.