Flow control system having a rate limiting device for well systems

A well system, comprising:

• a well tube;
• and
• a flow control device coupled with the well tube, the flow control device including:
• a fluid sensor configured to sense a fluid extracted from a subsurface formation and modify a fluid flow through the flow control device based on one or more fluid properties of the sensed fluid;
• and
• a rate limiting device coupled with the fluid sensor, the rate limiting device configured to allow a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid sensor to increase when the flow rate is less than a flow rate threshold, and the rate limiting device configured to limit the flow rate of the fluid through the fluid sensor to the flow rate threshold when a differential pressure across the flow control device increases and the flow rate of the fluid reaches the flow rate threshold, wherein the increase in the differential pressure across the flow control device includes an excess differential pressure across the rate limiting device.

A method for fluid flow control in a flow control device of a well system, comprising:

• sensing, by a fluid sensor of the flow control device, a fluid extracted from a subsurface formation;
• modifying a fluid flow through the flow control device based on one or more fluid properties of the sensed fluid;
• allowing, by a rate limiting device of the flow control device, a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid sensor to increase when the flow rate is less than a flow rate threshold, and
• limiting, by the rate limiting device of the flow control device, the flow rate of the fluid through the fluid sensor to the flow rate threshold when a differential pressure across the flow control device increases and the flow rate of the fluid reaches the flow rate threshold, wherein the increase in the differential pressure across the flow control device includes an excess differential pressure across the rate limiting device.