Method and apparatus for measuring the rate of flow of the continuous phase of a multiphase fluid
US5456120A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 19, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P5/18
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of and apparatus for measuring the flow rate of a continuous phase in a flowing multiphase fluid. It includes the steps of measuring a velocity of the fluid with a thermal anemometer at a location in the flow and simultaneously measuring the passage of a discontinuous phase at the same location with a local probe system capable of measuring the passage of a discontinuous phase, and then using the measurement of the discontinuous phase to correct the measurement of the continuous phase so as to derive the flow rate thereof.
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