AU2002220872A1 - 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

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AU2002220872A1
AU2002220872A1 AU2002220872A AU2087202A AU2002220872A1 AU 2002220872 A1 AU2002220872 A1 AU 2002220872A1 AU 2002220872 A AU2002220872 A AU 2002220872A AU 2087202 A AU2087202 A AU 2087202A AU 2002220872 A1 AU2002220872 A1 AU 2002220872A1
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determining component
flow
flow rates
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multiphase flow
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Mark R. Myers
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Weatherford Lamb Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G01F1/66—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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  • Measuring Volume Flow (AREA)
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