Watercut sensor using reactive media
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsPaul JOSEPH, Tianping HUANG
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Abstract
An apparatus for estimating a parameter of interest includes a conduit and a reactive media in the conduit. The reactive media interacts with a selected fluid component to control a flow parameter of the conduit. The apparatus also includes at least one sensor responsive to the flow parameter. The apparatus may be used for estimating a water content of a fluid flowing from a subterranean formation. The apparatus may include a flow path configured to convey fluid from the formation. The at least one sensor may be responsive to a pressure change in the flow path caused by interaction of the reactive media with water.
Claims20
An apparatus for estimating a parameter of interest relating to a fluid, comprising:
- a conduit;
- a reactive media in the conduit, the reactive media interacting with a selected fluid component to control a flow parameter of the conduit;
- and
- at least one sensor responsive to the flow parameter.
An apparatus for estimating a water content of a fluid flowing from a subterranean formation, comprising:
- a flow path configured to convey fluid from the formation;
- a reactive media in the flow path;
- and
- at least one sensor responsive to a pressure change in the flow path caused by interaction of the reactive media with water.
A method for estimating a parameter of interest relating to a fluid, comprising:
- estimating at least one flow parameter associated with a fluid flowing along a reactive media in a conduit, the reactive media interacting with a selected fluid component of the fluid;
- and
- estimating the parameter of interest using the at least one estimated flow parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.