Multiphase flow measurement by electrical capacitance tomography

Currently, almost all gas-oil-water multiphase flow meters used in the oil industry, for production monitoring and/or well testing, rely on radioactive source emitting gamma rays. These meters are, however, expensive and sometimes have logistic issues in deployment. A team of researchers from The Un...

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Main Authors: Wuqiang Yang, Yi Li, Zhipeng Wu, Tsamakis, D., Cheng-Gang Xie, Songming Huang, Lenn, C., Learmonth, D., Cutler, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Charge measurement
electrical capacitance tomography
gas-oil-water flow
imaging
Multiphase flow measurement
Nitrogen
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Summary:Currently, almost all gas-oil-water multiphase flow meters used in the oil industry, for production monitoring and/or well testing, rely on radioactive source emitting gamma rays. These meters are, however, expensive and sometimes have logistic issues in deployment. A team of researchers from The University of Manchester and Schlumberger Cambridge Research have developed a research prototype flow meter based on non-radioactive, multi-modality measurements, including electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) sensors for sensing oil-continuous flow conditions. The prototype has been tested at NEL Multiphase Flow Facility. In this paper the principle of the ECT part of the research prototype and initial test results are presented.
ISSN:1558-2809
2832-4242
DOI:10.1109/IST.2011.5962201