Distributed two dimensional fluid sensor
US9541436B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F23/284
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fluid measurement system and method for determining distributed measurement of a fluid type and a fluid velocity in a wellbore, pipeline or other conduit in which fluid is moving. Measurement is made by immersing one or more cables having sequential sampling sections in the fluid and monitoring a cooling effect across a cable on the sampling sections and the response to injection of a high frequency pulse each sampling section. A probabilistic model is then used to determine the distributed velocity and fluid types along the conduit.
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