CA2436965A1 - Method and apparatus for determining component flow rates for a multiphase flow - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for determining component flow rates for a multiphase flow Download PDF

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CA2436965A1
CA2436965A1 CA002436965A CA2436965A CA2436965A1 CA 2436965 A1 CA2436965 A1 CA 2436965A1 CA 002436965 A CA002436965 A CA 002436965A CA 2436965 A CA2436965 A CA 2436965A CA 2436965 A1 CA2436965 A1 CA 2436965A1
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/74—Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid
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    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/66—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by measuring frequency, phase shift or propagation time of electromagnetic or other waves, e.g. using ultrasonic flowmeters

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A method for determining component flow rates of a multiphase fluid in a conduit (the fluid consisting of at least three known components) includes the steps of: measuring at each of two different positions along the conduit at least four mixture quantities, typically the sound speed, the flow velocity of the multiphase fluid, the pressure and the temperature; providing a speed of sound in each of the components at the measured pressures and temperatures;
providing a trial value for each of either the component flow rates or the phase fractions; using a predetermined model to calculate values for the measured mixture quantities based on the trial values for each of either the component flow rates or the phase fractions; using a predetermined error function to determine an error value; and using a predetermined optimizing algorithm to determine whether the calculated values are acceptable, and, if they are not, to provide a new trial value for each of either the component flow rates or the phase fractions. In some applications, the error function is the sum of the squares of the difference between the measured and calculated values at each point.
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