Method and apparatus for autonomous downhole fluid selection with pathway dependent resistance system

A flow control device for installation in a subterranean wellbore, the flow control device comprising:

• a cylindroidal chamber for receiving inflow through a plurality of chamber inlets and directing the flow to a chamber outlet, a greatest axial dimension of the cylindroidal chamber is smaller than a greatest diametric dimension of the cylindroidal chamber, wherein the cylindroidal chamber promotes a rotation of the flow about the chamber outlet and autonomously varies a degree of the rotation is based on changes in a characteristic of fluid flow through at least one of the plurality of inlets.

A method of controlling flow in a subterranean wellbore, comprising:

• receiving flow in a cylindroidal chamber of a flow control device in a wellbore, the cylindroidal chamber comprising a plurality of chamber inlets, a greatest axial dimension of the cylindroidal chamber is smaller than a greatest diametric dimension of the cylindroidal chamber;
• and
• promoting a rotation of the flow through the cylindroidal chamber about a chamber outlet, where a degree of the rotation is based on a characteristic of inflow through at least one of the plurality of chamber inlets.