MULTIPHASE FRACTIONAL COMPONENT SENSOR

Vlastimil Masek - Javier Ortiz

   Accurate measurements of multiphase flows is needed in many industries including the oil and gas sector. Generally in the oil industry multiphase flow is separated into different phases, and then each flow is measured individually by a single phase meter. Since the earlly 1980's many methods have been proposed to measure the phase fractions of oil, gas, and water in multiphase f lows, however, most of these sensors have low accuracies and require frequency recalibration. This paper presents a novel electromagnetic composition sensor, including its theory of operation and experimental results, which in combination with ano ther previously designed capacitive sensor, offers an alternative solution to the commercial systems that exist in the market.

Keywords: multiphase flow sensor, multiphase metering, hydrocyclone

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