Apparatus and methods for determining surface wetting of material under subterranean wellbore conditions
US9945767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2013/0225
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of metallic materials at downhole wellbore condition with fixed or changing well fluids are disclosed. In general, the methods according to the disclosure include carrying out an electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface by simultaneously dynamically moving electrodes exposed to the well fluid while measuring the changes in electrical characteristics between the electrodes.
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