WO1997039314A1 - Method of monitoring three phase fluid flow in tubulars - Google Patents
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- 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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- G01F1/64—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 using electric or magnetic effects by measuring electrical currents passing through the fluid flow; measuring electrical potential generated by the fluid flow, e.g. by electrochemical, contact or friction effects
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- 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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- G01F1/68—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 using thermal effects
- G01F1/684—Structural arrangements; Mounting of elements, e.g. in relation to fluid flow
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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
- G01F1/68—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 using thermal effects
- G01F1/684—Structural arrangements; Mounting of elements, e.g. in relation to fluid flow
- G01F1/688—Structural arrangements; Mounting of elements, e.g. in relation to fluid flow using a particular type of heating, cooling or sensing element
- G01F1/6888—Thermoelectric elements, e.g. thermocouples, thermopiles
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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
- G01F1/704—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow using marked regions or existing inhomogeneities within the fluid stream, e.g. statistically occurring variations in a fluid parameter
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- the present invention relates to measuring the volumes and fiow rates and more particularly to measuring volumes and flow rates of multiphase fluids containing liquid hydrocarbon, water and gas in well heads and pipelines.
- ultrasonics such as Doppler shift in liquids which carry suspended solid particles, and various types of spinners, such as gas flow gauges.
- Two phase liquid flow can also be measured by using ultrasonics, such as Control lotronTM ultrasonic gauges, to precisely locate the liquid to liquid interface.
- Intrusive capacitance gauges are also used to identify the composition of a liquid in a pipe.
- ultrasonics are used to recognize slug flow, such as, a liquid slug in a gas flow or a gas slug in a liquid flow.
- United States Patent No. 4,215,567 describes a method and apparatus for testing a production stream comprised of oil, water, and gas flowing through a conduit to determine the percentages of oil, water, and gas in the stream.
- a sample portion of the production stream is pumped through a sample line into a sample chamber where it is heated and allowed to reamin for a retention period to substantially separate the sample portion into oil and water layers. Gas that evolves from the sample portion is vented from the chamber. At the end of the retention period, the sample portion is pumped back through the sample line into the conduit. As the sample portion flows through the same line the oil and water content of the sample and the volume of the sample are measured to determine the oil and water percentages in the sample portion.
- the volume of the sample portion is measured as it is pumped through the sample line into the sample chamber and by comparing this volume with the volume of the sample portion pumped back into the conduit, the gas-liquid ratio of the sample portion can be determined.
- United States Patent No. 3,246,145 (Higgins) describes a system for determining the relative density of a liquid.
- the system includes a test chamber into which the liquid is introduced for testing purposes.
- a radioactive source is positioned on one side of the chamber for directing radiation through the chamber by way of the liquid in the chamber, and a radiation detector is positioned on the other side of the chamber for detecting radiation passing through the liquid and the chamber. At least a portion of the walls of the chamber between the source and the detector are of material relatively transparent to low energy radiation.
- the low energy radiation will be allowed to pass freely from the source into the liquid and from the liquid to the detector.
- An energy discriminator responsive to only a predetermined low energy range is interconnected with the detector, and interconnected with the discriminator is a recorder for recording an indication of the radiation detected within the low energy range.
- the problem not answered in prior art is to measure a three phase flow such as the combination of oil, water and gas in a single flowline. To date there is no monitoring device which can perform this function. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for measuring three phase flow and also for determining the flow regime in the pipe whether it is slug flow, stratified flow or annular flow.
- the present invention relates to measuring three phase flow of fluids, i.e. liquid hydrocarbon, water and gas in a single flowline, through a pipe.
- These devices may be installed at or near well heads in a producing oil and gas condensate field to monitor the contribution of each phase from each well over time.
- the combined flow of the well heads may be directed to a large diameter gathering line and conducted to an offshore platform or onshore surface facility with a separator. Total flow from the grouping of wells may be monitored at the separator, and ratios of each fluid calculated for each well. In this fashion, daily monitoring of each well is done and changes in fluid types are noted.
- a problem well one in which an increase in unwanted fluids such as water or gas occurs, could be easily identified and remedial action on that well could taken.
- the present invention uses the flow measuring technologies of ultrasonic sound and electrical capacitance.
- the apparatus for measuring multi ⁇ phase fluid flow in a flowline comprises a ring of sensor detectors spaced equally around the flowline for detecting phase interfaces within the flowline; and an annular capacitance detector for determining fluid flow type aroung and across the flowline.
- the preferred embodiment of the present invention consists of two rings of ultrasonic sensors and one ring of capacitance plates.
- the ultrasonic rings may be comprised of four transducers each located at the top of the pipe, the bottom of the pipe and at the midpoint of the pipe sides fully orthogonal to the top and bottom transducers. The positioning of each transducer and the location of the two rings provides the desired information about the location and motion of gas-liquid and liquid -liquid interfaces within the pipe.
- the capacitance ring may have a pair of capacitance plates oriented concentrically within the pipe very close to the pipe wall.
- the pipe wall itself may be used as a capacitance plate if the proper material were used.
- the capacitance ring may be electrically isolated into approximately twelve arcs around the circumference of the pipe. Each arc registers the dielectric Constance of the fluid flowing over that portion of the annulus and is used to determine the composition of the fluid, whether water, liquid hydrocarbon or gas.
- the capacitor plates are also open to influxing fluid. This allows measurement of the dielectric constant of the influxing fluid to distinguish water from hydrocarbon, and possibly oil from gas across the flowline. The measurement of capacitance is indicated by a capacitance indicator. Taken together with the output from the ultrasonic sensors, the capacitance measurement idicates the type of fluid flow occurring in the flowline and the relative volumetrics of the fluid flows.
- the relative proportions of each fluid at each well-head may be measured.
- the ratios of these fluids to the total production volumes monitored at the field separator is used to monitor well-head production of each phase over time.
- Figure 1 illustrates a section of pipe with two rings of ultrasonic transducers and a capacitance ring between the two rings of ultrasonic transducers.
- Figure 2 illustrates a detail of the capacitance ring of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 illustrates a cross-section of the pipe with four ultrasonic transducers and the capacitance ring with gas in the center of the pipe surrounded by liquid hydrocarbon and water.
- Figure 4 illustrates stratified flow with water on the low side of the pipe overlain by liquid hydrocarbon and gas.
- Figure 5 illustrates the pipe as depicted in Figure 1 with water, liquid hydrocarbon and gas slugs predicting the appearance of slug flow regime in the pipe.
- the multiphase monitoring tool is illustrated on pipe section 12 with three measurement sensor rings 14, 16 and 18.
- Measurement sensor rings 14, 16 and 18 are preferably mounted within pipe section 12 prior to installation in a pipeline.
- each sensor ring may be mounted within a portion of pipe section 12 to be joined together at a later time.
- the pipe is shown in a horizontal position but the tool will function with the pipe in other angular positions, for example, vertically or at angles intermediate horizontal and the vertical.
- Measurement sensor ring 14 consists of ultrasonic transducers 20, 22, 24 and 26 and measurement sensor ring 16 consists of ultrasonic transducers 28, 30, 32 and 34, each set mounted orthogonal to each other at the top, sides and bottom of pipe section 12. These sensors are illustrated in more detail in
- FIGs 3 and 4. These sensor rings may consist of more sensors, such as the ultrasonic sensor rings may consist of 8 to 16 sensors equally spaced around the internal circumference of the pipe beginning at the top. The positioning of each transducer and the location of the two rings provides the desired information about the location and changes between the gas/liquid/liquid interfaces within the pipe at the locations of the rings.
- the third measurement sensor ring 18 is a concentric set of capacitance plates 36 and 38 shown in the middle of pipe section 12 in Figures 1 and 2. An enlargement of measurement sensor ring 18 is shown in Figure 2.
- the concentric arrangement of capacitance plates 36 and 38 has several non ⁇ conducting dividers 40 resulting in the creation of several individual capacitance arcs 42-64 within the ring.
- the concentrically oriented set of capacitance plates used for the purpose of measuring the areal extent of each fluid phase in the annulus of the pipe can be divided into 8 to 24 arcs of discrete capacitance depending on sensitivity needed. Each arc registers the capacitance and hence the dielectric constant of the fluid flowing over that portion of the annulus and in so doing provides an indication of the composition of the fluid flow at that point - water, liquid hydrocarbon or gas.
- Figure 3 shows the measurement theory applied to recognizing and monitoring annular flow.
- Annular flow typically occurs when gas rates and overall production rates are high.
- the gas moves within the center of the pipe and liquids move through the annulus between the gas bubble and the pipe wall.
- the capacitance plates around the inside wall of the pipe should indicate water through all 360 degrees in the situation illustrated in Figure 3.
- gas is illustrated as white
- liquid hydrocarbon is illustrated as having lines slanted to the left, (from bottom to top)
- water is illustrated as having lines slanted to the right ( from bottom to top).
- the gas/liquid interface can be detected by the ultrasonic signal from the transducers.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of stratified flow. This flow regime can be detected and measured using both the capacitance ring and the ultrasonics sensors.
- the capacitance permits determination of what area of the pipe wall or other flowline wall is occupied by gas, water and liquid hydrocarbon.
- the ultrasonic sensor also perform a diagnostic function.
- Top transducer 32 will not be able to propagate a sonic wave through the gas.
- Side transducers 30 and 34 will also probably receive no return signal unless the gas/liquid interface happens to occur perpendicular to each transducer.
- the transmitted and received signal from transducer 28, plus the capacitance data should allow for areal computation.
- Alternative embodiments of the present invention might have more ultrasonic transducers in measurement sensor ring 14 in order better image the gas/liquid interface. For example, six, eight or even ten transducers might be needed to accurately image the stratified fluid fiow illustrated.
- Figure 5 illustrates a slug flow regime in pipe 12.
- capacitance ring 18 provides information as to the location of the liquid/liquid interface and the ultrasonic measurement sensor rings 14 and 16 detect the gas slugs moving along the pipe. Knowing the precise distance between measurement sensor rings 14 and 16 allows further volumetric computations for the gas portion of flow.
- Other embodiments of the present invention may be designed to measure flow rates of the fluids directly, particularly near the outside rim of the annulus.
- a second capacitance ring near the first may indicate rapid small scale changes in the liquids which indicate their speed.
- a wavy liquid-to- liquid or gas-to-liquid interface may move along the annulus, and its velocity may be measurable.
- Another embodiment may be to install a sparker just upstream of the first measurement sensor ring 14 with its transducers. Short bursts of bubbles could be generated and their travel time moving with the liquid between measurement sensor rings 14 and 16 calculated. Thus, the liquid velocities could be measured.
- a sparker is placed in the bottom of the pipe just upstream of the first sensor ring to produce a series of bubbles in the fluid flow, the bubble stream can be monitored as it passes the rings and the flow rate calculated.
- a more elaborate embodiment of the present invention would have rings of temperature sensors and hot-wire anemometers for directly measuring flow rates by monitoring the in situ temperatures and the amount of cooling on successive hot wires. This disposition of these sensors would be similar to the capacitance ring and work in combination with it.
- This ring of sensors may include a concentrically oriented set of hot wires anemometers or thermopiles for measuring the flow rate of each fluid phase in the annulus of the pipe.
- This thermo-sensitive ring will be divided into 8 to 24 arcs of discrete capacitance depending on sensitivity needed.
- This embodiment may also include set temperature sensitive probes which monitor the temperature of the fluids in the annulus of the pipe. This temperature measurement, combined with the rate of temperature loss indicated by claim 10 will give flow rates for the fluids.
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