Automated calcimeter systems
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsBhargav Gajji, Ketan Chimanlal Bhaidasna, Shawn Lynn Broussard, Vyacheslav Chernin
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Abstract
Automated calcimeter systems and methods of using the same are described. An automated calcimeter system may comprise a reaction chamber; a pressure sensor coupled to the reaction chamber and configured to measure pressure in the reaction chamber; a pump coupled to the reaction chamber; piping coupled to the pump, wherein the piping is of sufficient length to store a preselected volume of acid; and a processor configured to instruct the pump to deliver the preselected volume of acid to the reaction chamber while also drawing a volume of gas from the reaction chamber, wherein the volume of gas is equivalent to the preselected volume of acid.
Claims20
An automated calcimeter system comprising:
- a reaction chamber;
- a pressure sensor coupled to the reaction chamber and configured to measure pressure in the reaction chamber;
- a pump coupled to the reaction chamber;
- piping coupled to the pump, wherein the piping is of sufficient length to store a preselected volume of acid;
- and
- a processor configured to instruct the pump to deliver the preselected volume of acid to the reaction chamber while also drawing a volume of gas from the reaction chamber, wherein the volume of gas is equivalent to the preselected volume of acid.
A method for measuring carbonate content comprising:
- pumping a volume of acid into a reaction chamber, wherein the acid reacts with a sample in the reaction chamber to produce carbon dioxide and increase pressure in the reaction chamber, wherein the sample comprises a carbonate;
- drawing gas from the reaction chamber while pumping the volume of acid into the reaction chamber;
- measuring pressure increase in the reaction chamber;
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- analyzing the measured pressure increase to determine carbonate content of the sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.