Microwave-gamma ray water in crude monitor
AssigneeTexaco Inc.
InventorHans J. Paap
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Abstract
A microwave-gamma ray water-in-crude monitor measures the percent quantity of water in crude oil flowing in a pipe line by causing the crude oil to flow through a measuring cell. A microwave transmitter and a gamma ray source are arranged with the measuring cell and transmits microwave energy and gamma rays through the measuring cell. A microwave receiver and a gamma ray detector receive the energies transmitted through the measuring cell and provides signals in accordance with the received energies. Apparatus connected to the microwave receiver and to the gamma ray detector provide a display of the water content of the crude oil in accordance with the signals from the microwave receiver and the gamma ray detector.
Claims10
A system for measuring the percent quantity of water in crude oil flowing in a pipe line comprising cell means arranged with pipe line so that the crude oil flows through the cell means, microwave transmission means spatially arranged with the cell means for transmitting microwave energy through the crude oil flowing through the cell means, source means spacially related to the cell means for emitting gamma rays through the crude oil flowing through the cell means, receiver means spatially arranged with the cell means for receiving the transmitted energy and for providing a signal corresponding to the received microwave energy, detector means for detecting the gamma rays that passed through the crude oil and providing a corresponding signal, and monitor means connected to the receiver means and to the detector means for providing an indication of the quantity of water in the crude oil.
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