Fluid analysis systems and related methods of analyzing foam rheology
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsPrasad Baburao Karadkar, Tamim Alshehri
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Abstract
A fluid analysis system includes a fluid circuit and a foam generator positioned along the fluid circuit. The foam generator is configured to receive a gas and a viscous fluid to produce a fluid mixture. The fluid analysis system further includes a helical coil positioned along the fluid circuit downstream of the foam generator and configured to receive the fluid mixture. The fluid analysis system further includes one or more processors for determining a foam rheology of the fluid mixture after the fluid mixture flows through the helical coil.
Claims17
A fluid analysis system comprising:
- a fluid flow line system;
- a foam generator positioned along the fluid flow line system and configured to receive a gas and a viscous fluid to produce a fluid mixture;
- a helical coil positioned along the fluid flow line system downstream of the foam generator and configured to receive the fluid mixture;
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- one or more processors for determining a foam rheology of the fluid mixture after the fluid mixture flows through the helical coil,
- wherein the fluid flow line system comprises a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end that is separated from the fluid inlet end such that the fluid flow line system forms an open fluid flow configuration, and
- wherein the fluid analysis system comprises a single-pass system.
A method of analyzing a viscous fluid, the method comprising:
- flowing a gas and the viscous fluid into a foam generator positioned along a fluid flow line system;
- producing a fluid mixture from the gas and the viscous fluid at the foam generator;
- flowing the fluid mixture through a helical coil positioned along the fluid flow line system and downstream of the foam generator;
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- determining, via one or more processors, a foam rheology of the fluid mixture after the fluid mixture flows through the helical coil in a single pass,
- wherein the fluid flow line system comprises a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end that is separated from the fluid inlet end such that the fluid flow line system forms an open fluid flow line system, and
- wherein the fluid analysis system comprises a single-pass system.
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