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US 12,729,817 B2Granted
System and method for optimizing pipeline network performance
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorAbdulaziz K. Albassam
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Abstract
Examples are disclosed herein relating to pipeline network performance optimization. In an example, acoustic wave data representative of one or more propagated acoustic waves through a fluid in a pipeline network can be received. The acoustic wave data can be evaluated to determine whether a density change has occurred in the fluid. Density change data can be outputted in response to detecting the density change in the fluid.
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A method comprising:
- generating acoustic waves using an acoustic wave generator;
- propagating the acoustic waves through a fluid in a hydrocarbon pipeline network;
- using a processor to:
- generate acoustic waves data representative of the propagated acoustic waves;
- evaluate the acoustic wave data to determine a change in density of the fluid;
- determine, by a confirmation engine, that a correlation exists between the change in density of the fluid and process parameters that include temperature, pressure, flowrate, and fluid phase;
- and
- adjust one or more of the process parameters of the hydrocarbon pipeline network to compensate or counteract the detected change in density of the fluid.
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A system comprising:
- an acoustic monitoring system configured to propagate an acoustic wave through a fluid in a pipeline network and provide acoustic wave data characterizing the propagated acoustic wave;
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- an acoustic surveillance system comprising:
- a confirmation engine configured to:
- determine that a correlation exists between a change in density of the fluid and process parameters that include temperature, pressure, flowrate, and fluid phase;
- and output confirmation data indicating the change in density is correlated to process parameters that include temperature, pressure, flowrate, and fluid phase;
- and
- a process controller, configured to cause the one or more process parameters of the pipeline network to be adjusted to compensate or counteract the detected density change in the fluid.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, acoustic wave data representative of one or more propagated acoustic waves through a fluid in a hydrocarbon pipeline network;
- evaluating, by the processor, the acoustic wave data to determine whether a production performance of a producing well has decreased;
- outputting, by the processor, acoustic wave data in response to detecting a decline in well performance;
- confirming, by a confirmation engine that a correlation exists between a change in density of the fluid and process parameters that include temperature, pressure, flowrate, and fluid phase;
- and
- adjusting, by a process controller, a process parameter to compensate or counteract the detected change in density of the fluid.
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