Inflow control device, method, and system
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsOscar Becerra Moreno, Jai Kishan Koli, Alexander Kendall
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Abstract
An inflow control device, including a housing, a flow restrictor defined within the housing, an outflow area defined within the housing fluidly connected to the flow restrictor; and a disperser disposed within the outflow area. A method for reducing erosion in an inflow control device, including flowing a fluid through a flow restrictor, creating a jet of fluid leaving the flow restrictor, impinging the jet on a disperser in an outflow area for the flow restrictor, and dispersing the jetting fluid. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, an inflow control device disposed within the borehole.
Claims18
An inflow control device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a flow restrictor defined within the housing;
- an outflow area defined within the housing fluidly connected to the flow restrictor;
- and
- a disperser disposed within the outflow area, the disperser defining a plurality of lanes each having an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet, the outlet being generally in line with the inlet, the disperser configured to allow flow to move across the plurality of lanes in a direction in addition to from the inlet to the outlet.
A method for reducing erosion in an inflow control device, comprising:
- flowing a fluid through a flow restrictor;
- creating a jet of fluid leaving the flow restrictor;
- impinging the jet on a disperser in an outflow area for the flow restrictor, the disperser defining a plurality pf lanes, each having an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet, the outlet being generally in line with the inlet, the disperser configured to allow flow to move across the plurality of lanes in a direction in addition to from the inlet to the outlet;
- and
- dispersing the jetting fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.