Systems and methods for modeling substance characteristics
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsMarcel Remillieux, Esteban Rougier, Zhou Lei, Timothy James Ulrich, Harvey Edwin Goodman
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Abstract
Structure information for a substance within a volume may be obtained. The structure information may characterize structural non-linearity of the substance within the volume. A structure model for the substance within the volume may be generated based on the structure information and/or other information. The structure model may simulate one or more characteristics of the substance within the volume. Presentation of information on the characteristic(s) of the substance within the volume may be effectuated based on the structure model and/or other information.
Claims14
A system for modeling substance characteristics, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to receive an acoustic wave that travels through a substance within a volume;
- a display;
- and
- one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- determine resonance frequencies of the substance within the volume based on the received acoustic wave;
- select a resonance frequency from the resonance frequencies;
- generate a resonance frequency acoustic wave for transmission through the substance within the volume multiple times, the resonance frequency acoustic wave having the selected resonance frequency and having different amplitudes for individual ones of the multiple times;
- determine changes in the resonance frequencies of the substance within the volume as a function of the different amplitudes of the resonance frequency acoustic wave;
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- determine structural non-linearity of the substance within the volume based on the changes in the resonance frequencies of the substance within the volume as the function of the different amplitudes of the resonance frequency acoustic wave;
- generate a structure model for the substance within the volume based on the structural non-linearity of the substance within the volume, the generation of the structure model based on the structure non-linearity of the substance within the volume enabling component-scale modeling of the substance within the volume;
- simulate a characteristic of the substance within the volume using the structure model;
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- effectuate presentation, on the display, of information on the simulated characteristic of the substance within the volume.
A method for modeling substance characteristics, the method performed by a system including a sensor, a display, and one or more processors, the sensor configured to receive an acoustic wave that travels through a substance within a volume, the method comprising:
- determining resonance frequencies of the substance within the volume based on the received acoustic wave;
- selecting a resonance frequency from the resonance frequencies;
- generating a resonance frequency acoustic wave for transmission through the substance within the volume multiple times, the resonance frequency acoustic wave having the selected resonance frequency and having different amplitudes for individual ones of the multiple times;
- determining changes in the resonance frequencies of the substance within the volume as a function of the different amplitudes of the resonance frequency acoustic wave;
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- determining structural non-linearity of the substance within the volume based on the changes in the resonance frequencies of the substance within the volume as the function of the different amplitudes of the resonance frequency acoustic wave;
- generating a structure model for the substance within the volume based on the structural non-linearity of the substance within the volume, the generation of the structure model based on the structure non-linearity of the substance within the volume enabling component-scale modeling of the substance within the volume;
- simulating a characteristic of the substance within the volume using the structure model;
- and
- effectuating presentation, on the display, of information on the simulated characteristic of the substance within the volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.