Measuring and testing – Volume or rate of flow – Using rotating member with particular electrical output or...
Patent
1996-08-14
1998-11-03
Williams, Hezron E.
Measuring and testing
Volume or rate of flow
Using rotating member with particular electrical output or...
7386179, G01F 1500, G01F 105
Patent
active
058311777
ABSTRACT:
A system for determining fluid flow characteristics and relaying the information to the surface. The system is ideal for use in horizontal or deviated wellbores since orientation of the wellbore with respect to the vertical will not appreciably affect the system's operation. In the described embodiment, a fluid-driven siren flowmeter is placed within a production string downstream of the location of a completion zone, the flowmeter relays representative information downstream via a fluid column to a signal detection assembly. The flowmeter includes a stationary stator, a rotatable rotor and a turbine deflector which is positioned upstream of the rotor and angularly directs the flow of passing fluid to rotate the rotor. In the case of multiple completed zones described, multiple flowmeters are sequentially mounted along the same production string, each providing signals of different characteristics. The flow rates and fluid densities for production from each completion zone may be determined by installing flowmeters just downstream of each completion.
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Anders Jimmy Wayne
Chin Wilson C.
Proett Mark
Waid Margaret C.
Halliburton Energy Service,s Inc.
Patel Harshad
Williams Hezron E.
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