Multiphase flow meters and related methods
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsSongming Huang, Baptiste Germond, Cheng-Gang Xie
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Abstract
Example multiphase fluid meters and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a fluid conduit coupled to tubing. A multiphase fluid is to flow from the tubing into the fluid conduit. The example apparatus includes a flow channel defined in the fluid conduit. The fluid is to flow through the flow channel. The flow channel has a cross-sectional shape different from a cross-sectional shape of the tubing. The example apparatus includes one or more sensors coupled to the flow channel to generate data indicative of a property of the multiphase fluid.
Claims11
An apparatus comprising:
- a fluid conduit;
- means for conditioning a flow of a multiphase fluid through the fluid conduit, the means for conditioning disposed in the fluid conduit;
- a sensor coupled to the means for conditioning, the sensor to generate sensor data during the flow of the multiphase fluid through the fluid conduit;
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- a processor, the sensor communicatively coupled to the processor, the processor to determine a property of the multiphase fluid based on the sensor data.
A method comprising:
- determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, a change in electrical impedance based on first sensor data for a fluid flowing through a flow meter, the first sensor data generated by a first sensor array of the flow meter;
- generating, by executing an instruction with the processor, a first water holdup profile for the fluid based on the sensor data;
- integrating, by executing an instruction with the processor, the first water holdup profile with a second water holdup profile to generate an integrated water holdup profile, the second water holdup profile generated based on second sensor data for the fluid, the second sensor data generated by a second sensor array of the flow meter;
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- determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a water cut value for the fluid based on the integrated water holdup profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.