Downhole sanding analysis tool
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsFelix Chen, Gary Corris
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Abstract
Methods and devices for detecting particles in a fluid within a medium, such the analyzing device includes: a source adapted to transmit signals into the medium; at least one detector adapted to detect signals transmitted from the source such that the at least one detector and the source are structured and arranged on opposite sides of the medium; at least one processing unit in communication with the at least one detector and adapted to produce a plurality of output signals representative of one of at least one particle characteristic or one or more particle property.
Claims44
An analyzing device for detecting particles in a fluid within a medium, the analyzing device comprising:
- a source adapted to transmit a primary signal beam;
- at least one detector, wherein (1) the at least one detector and the source are structured and arranged on opposite sides of the medium, (2) the analyzing device splits the primary signal beam into a first beam and a second beam that are each transmitted into the medium, and (3) the at least one detector is adapted to detect the first beam and the second beam transmitted through the medium;
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- a processing unit in communication with the at least one detector and adapted to produce output signals representative of one of at least one individual particle characteristic or one or more individual particle property, wherein producing the output signals comprises measuring particle signal delays between the first beam and the second beam that are detected by the at least one detector.
An analyzing device for detecting particles in a fluid within a medium, such that one or more sampling module communicates the fluid from the medium into at least one analyzing module, the analyzing device comprising:
- a source adapted to transmit a primary signal beam;
- at least one detector, wherein (1) the at least one detector and the source are structured and arranged on opposite sides of the fluid, (2) the analyzing device splits the primary signal beam into a first beam and a second beam that are each transmitted into the fluid, and (3) the at least one detector is adapted to detect the first beam and the second beam transmitted through the fluid;
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- at least one processing unit in communication with the at least one detector and adapted to produce a plurality of output signals representative of one of at least one individual particle characteristic or one or more individual particle property, wherein producing the output signals comprises measuring particle signal delays between the first beam and the second beam that are detected by the at least one detector.
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