WO2001067051A1 - Simultaneous determination of multiphase flowrates and concentrations - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method and a device for determination volume flow rates and volume concentrations of liquid phase components and gas in multiphase liquid/gas mixtures such as oil well fluids, composed of oil, water and gas.
- An effluent flowing along a pipeline from an oil well is a multiphase mixture of oil, water and gas. Accurate and simultaneous measurement of flow rates and volume concentrations of mixture components is important for control of the well operation. Methods and devices for measuring these flow characteristics accepted up to the present demand preliminary separation of gas in special separators which are installed in measuring devices on the territory of oil fields. This fact leads to considerable capital expenses by execution of such measurements. Techniques for measuring of the said multiphase flow characteristics without a prior separation of gas phase are also known. These methods and devices are based on various physical principles: difference of density and electromagnetic characteristics of the components, interaction with gamma-rays and ultrasonic waves, and others.
- US patent 5.287.752 describes a device for determination flow rates of multiphase fluids by means of a set of capacitors placed on two parallel plates which are arranged inside a horizontal or inclined pipeline parallel to a flow direction.
- impedances of a medium located at the moment in measuring cells of all elementary capacitors are measured.
- a velocity of the liquid phase is determined by measuring and cross-correlation impedances of elementary capacitors located in a matrix row situated in a part of cross-section occupied by the liquid phase.
- a velocit_ of gas is determined by measuring passage time of structural deformations of the flow in the upper part of the pipeline. Volume flow rates of the phases are determined taking into account the parts of the pipeline cross-section occupied by the liquid and gas phases of the flow.
- the proposed method has limited sphere of application since it can be effectively used only by an intermittent flow regime. Besides a type of emulsion and dispersion of components aren' t taken into account in this method.
- US patent 5.367.911 describes an apparatus for sensing fluid behaviour in a conduit that can be used as a flow meter.
- the measuring device includes at least two sensors arranged within a pipeline, one downstream the other.
- the sensors may include acoustic transducers or electrical conductivity (or resistivity) sensors.
- Each sensor provides an output data signal, indicative of the measured physical property of a medium flowing in respective sampling volumes.
- Output signals are processed in a circuit and are cross-correlated. Since a distance between the sensors is known a calculation of the flow speed is made.
- European patent A 0684458 relates to a method and a device for measuring flow rate of multiphase fluids.
- the device comprises two sections situated at a distance one from the other along a duct.
- the sections are implemented in the form of Venturis.
- Each section includes a passage with different cross-section areas provided with means for inducing a change of speed therein and a variation of dynamic pressure correspondingly.
- the device includes appropriate means for measuring the resulting pressure differences.
- Two pressure difference signals obtained in the said respective sections are suitable for cross-correlation to produce a third signal representative of a total volume flow rate.
- another pressure difference is measured in a venturi type flow section and the signal that is a function of the total mass flow rate Q and density p of a mixture is obtained.
- One more pressure difference is measured in the section of a "gradiomanometer" type.
- This section is disposed in a portion of a vertical duct that has constant cross-section area.
- the latter pressure difference represents a static pressure difference that is proportional, to a first approximation, to the density p of the mixture.
- the device includes a module situated in the duct, that provides one or more indications of composition of the multiphase fluid, in other words, determines volume or mass concentrations of components constituting the fluid.
- a processor calculates the mass flow rate Q via parallel paths depending on gas content.
- a first processing way is used on the basis of a signal proportional to the expression Q 2 /p and a signal representative of the density p of the mixture.
- a second processing way based on a signal representative of the total volume flow rate and a signal representative of the density p of the mixture is used when the gas content is high (> 65%) .
- devices with venturi type sections have a small dynamic range and hence may be used in a limited range of flow rate measurements.
- a flow rate factor of such devices significantly depends on gas content that influences on the measurement accuracy.
- the gas content is calculated but not measured that also decreases the measurement accuracy.
- Using the device for measuring the flow rate of oilwell effluents containing crude oil may lead to clogging of its pressure takeoffs .
- the present invention provides a method and a device for determination volume flow rates of multiphase mixture components along a portion of a pipeline without prior separation of gas.
- the present invention provides measuring volume concentrations of the multiphase mixture components along the portion of the pipeline.
- the invention also provides a method and a device for measuring the above-mentioned characteristics of a multiphase medium with different types of flow.
- the invention ensures obtaining reliable data of measuring characteristics of effluents with different sizes of gas inclusions. Besides the invention secures compactness of the device and its simple portability.
- a gas volume flow rate is determined by the following formula:
- the real velocities of gas phase w q , the volume concentrations of gas ⁇ , the volume concentrations of liquid components, such as water W and oil (1-W) in the calibrated pipeline divisions are determined by means of ultrasonic sensing sampling volumes of the multiphase flow with a set of transducers arranged within the measuring pipeline divisions along a radius of a flow section. These transducers serve as emitters and receivers of acoustic signals in sampling volumes.
- Obtained values of local characteristics of the multiphase flow are then averaged over cross-section areas of the measuring pipeline divisions.
- Measuring of the real gas velocity is executed by cross- correlation of sensor signals or by Doppler' s method.
- Measuring of the volume concentration of gas is executed through indication of acoustic conductivity of the sampling volumes of the medium.
- Ultrasonic measuring of the volume concentration of liquid phase components is based on determination of time of acoustic pulses pass through the sampling volume since it was found that in a fluid such as water/oil mixture the time of signal pass depends practically linearly on a proportion of the volume concentrations of these components regardless emulsion type.
- the mentioned features are also provided by the apparatus for determination volume flow rates and volume concentrations of liquid components and gas of a liquid-gas multiphase mixture flowing along a pipeline including a measuring flow cell being installed in a pipeline.
- a volume flow rate of a liquid phase is determined by a difference of products of the real gas phase velocity w q by a part of a pipeline section occupied by a liquid phase (1 - ⁇ ) in the first and the second measuring pipeline divisions:
- Gas volume flow rate is determined by the following formula:
- the real velocities of gas phase w q , the volume concentrations of gas ⁇ , the volume concentrations of liquid components, such as water W and oil (1-W) in the calibrated pipeline divisions of the pipeline are determined by means of ultrasonic sensing local volumes of the multiphase flow with a set of transducers arranged within the measuring pipeline divisions along a radius A a flow section.
- the principle of operation of a local gas velocity meter is based on determination a cross-correlation function of an amplitude of a signal of an acoustic conductivity transducer.
- the two transducers are placed at a fixed distance one upstream the other in the flow direction.
- the acoustic transducer consists of an emitter and a receiver of ultrasonic pulses providing acoustic illumination of the sampling volume.
- the transducer may be used as an emitter and a receiver of reflected signals in the "emission-reception" mode.
- An electro-acoustic channel of the meter operates in the following way: voltage pulses from a pulse generator come to the emitter where they are converted into ultrasonic pulses.
- a peak detector input which is controlled by strobe pulses.
- the strobe pulses determine a time interval during which a signal reception is expected.
- a voltage at the input of the peak detector is proportional to an amplitude of a received signal and is determined by acoustic energy losses in a sensor sampling volume.
- Output signals of peak detectors come to a calculator which determines a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation function (in case of one transducer) and calculates the real local velocity of gas phase or liquid phase without gas.
- Doppler' s method for measuring the gas phase local velocity through sensing a medium by ultrasonic pulses directed upstream the flow may be used.
- emitter and receivers are also disposed inside the measuring pipeline divisions.
- the principle of operation of a volume gas concentration meter is based on indication of acoustic conductivity of a sampling volume.
- a signal from a voltage pulse generator is sent to an emitter consisting of a transmitter and a waveguide. After conversion acoustic pulses reach the sampling volume through the waveguide, pass through the volume and through a receiving waveguide come to the transmitter where they are transformed into a voltage signal that after amplification comes to a peak detector.
- a strobe pulse former opens the peak detector for a time while the signal coming is expected.
- an output signal proportional to an amplitude of the received signal comes to a comparator which compares the output signal of the peak detector with a discrimination level set by a former of discrimination level.
- An output signal of the comparator comes to a calculator which determines the volume gas content in a medium as a ratio of time of gas phase presence in the sampling volume to the full time of the measurement.
- the principle of operation of ultrasonic meter of volume concentrations of liquid components is based on determination time of passage of ultrasonic pulses through a sampling volume of a multiphase flow since it was found that in liquid phase, such as water/oil mixture the time of passage of ultrasonic signal practically linearly depends on relationship of volume concentrations of liquid components regardless emulsion type.
- a distance between emitter and receiver is chosen so that penetration of large gas inclusions with sizes more than 1 mm is prevented.
- Voltage pulses from a generator are sent to the ultrasonic emitter which forms acoustic pulses.
- the acoustic pulses pass through a sampling volume, are received by the receiver and are transformed into a voltage signal which is amplified and then sent to a comparator being strobed.
- the comparator opens for the time while the reception of the signal is being expected by means of the strobe pulse former that ensures high interference immunity of the scheme. Simultaneously with forming the emitting pulses a scheme forming a pulse duration is activated. This scheme is stopped by the signal coming from the comparator output. So the duration of the output signal is equal to the time of the ultrasonic signal pass from the emitter to the receiver. Then the pulse is transformed into an amplitude signal and comes into calculator which determines volume concentration of liquid phase components.
- a processor functioning according to set programs controls operation of the meters of local flow parameters w q , w 9 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ i, ⁇ 2> W, averages these parameters over the cross-sections of measuring pipeline divisions and calculates volume flow rates of liquid phase components and gas .
- Figure 2 Block diagram of the gas phase local velocity meter for the variant of sequential location of transducers.
- Figure 4. Typical form of a cross-correlation function for output signals of peak detectors.
- Figure 5. Block diagram of the local gas phase velocity meter for the variant of transducers located in series ("emission- reception" mode) .
- FIG. 6 Voltage diagram of the signal processed in the block diagram presented in Figure 5.
- Figure 7. Block diagram of the local gas phase velocity meter while working of a pair of transducers in the mode of autocorrelation function forming.
- Figure 8. Typical form of an autocorrelation function for output signals of peak detectors.
- Figure 9. Block diagram of the local gas phase velocity meter while working of one transducer in the "emission-reception" mode.
- FIG. 12 Block diagram of the ultrasonic Doppler' s meter of the gas phase local velocity.
- FIG 13. Typical form of signals in the block diagram of ultrasonic Doppler' s meter of velocity presented in the Figure 12.
- Figure 14. Second variant of the block diagram of the ultrasonic Doppler' s meter for measuring of the gas phase local velocity.
- FIG. 15 Voltage diagram of a signal processed in the block diagram presented in Figure 14.
- Figure 16. Block diagram of the gas content meter in a multiphase mixture is presented.
- Figure 17 Diagram of a signal processed in the block diagram of the gas content meter.
- Figure 18 Diagram of an output signal of the peak detector.
- FIG. 1 Block diagram of the ultrasonic meter of volume concentrations of liquid components.
- Figure 20 Voltage diagram of a signal processed in the block diagram for measuring liquid phase volume concentrations.
- Figure 21 Second variant of the block diagram of the ultrasonic meter of volume concentrations of liquid components.
- Figure 22 Voltage diagram of a signal for the second variant of the block diagram of the volume concentration meter of liquid components.
- the measuring flow cell is installed into a pipeline by means of flange connections.
- k ⁇ 1 holds.
- Each sensor 5 and 6 of a real velocity meter and a gas content meter includes a set of transducers placed inside the measuring pipeline divisions along radii of the sections.
- a sensor 7 of the volume concentration meter of liquid components comprises a set of transducers located in a cavity of the first pipeline divisions.
- the sensors are equipped with mechanical cleaning arrangements or electric heaters .
- the sensors are installed in such a way that they can be removed from the measuring pipeline divisions, for example, for execution of technical maintenance or substitution.
- a calculation model of a liquid/gas mixture where gas inclusions of various size represent gas phase is used to determine flow rates of phases. Averaged physical values are used in formulas.
- w g , ⁇ is average velocity of the individual bubble floating-up in the infinite liquid medium.
- w g vf l ⁇ 2 / ⁇ l - ⁇ 2 ) - w r t ⁇ l / ⁇ l - ⁇ : ) + w g, ⁇ [1/(1 - ⁇ 2 ) - 1/(1
- volume flow rates of liquid phase components are determined by the formulas:
- volume flow rate of the gas phase is determined by the following relationship:
- FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an ultrasonic meter of local gas velocity w q of a multiphase mixture.
- a circuit of the meter includes: a generator of voltage pulses 8, a first transducer 9 connected in series with the generator 8 and comprising an emitter 10 and a receiver 11 (a gap between them forms a first sampling volume 12) , a first amplifier 13 and a first peak detector 14 being strobed.
- the following elements are connected in series to the generator 8: a second transducer 15 comprising an emitter 16 and a receiver 17 (a gap between them forms the second sampling volume 18) , the second amplifier 19 and also the second peak detector 20 being strobed.
- former 21 of delayed strobe pulses and the first and the second peak detectors 14 and 20 are connected to generator 8.
- the latter peak detectors are connected to a calculator 24 and a display 25 respectively through a first and a second analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) 22 and 23.
- Sensors 9 and 15 are placed inside the pipeline in such a way that a flow at first pas. es through the one sampling volume, for example, volume 18, and then through the other, for example, volume 12.
- the sizes of transducers are chosen in such a way that they induce minimum disturbances of a flow (diameter of transducers ⁇ 3 mm) .
- Distance ⁇ between emitter and receiver makes up about 2 mm and distance 1 between the lower and the upper pairs of transducers is equal to 3 ⁇ 5 mm.
- Waveguides of the first and the second pairs of transducers in plan view of the sensor are located perpendicularly to one another that also improves hydrodynamics of a flow.
- An ultrasonic local velocity meter operates in the following way. Voltage pulses from the generator 8 are transmitted to the emitters 3 and 9, transformed into ultrasonic pulses and pass through the sampling volumes 12 and 18, then they are received by the receivers 11 and 17, transformed into a voltage signal, amplified by the amplifiers 13 and 19 and transmitted to the peak detectors 14 and 20 being strobed. Simultaneously with transmitting of the ultrasonic pulses the passage time of which is determined by a distance between the emitter and the receiver by the fixed pulse frequency the strobe pulses come to strobe inputs of the peak detectors 14 and 20. The strobe pulses switches the peak detectors into an active state.
- the velocity meter consists of two identical electro-acoustic channels, each one contains the following connected in series elements: an acoustic sensor 26, an amplifier 13, a peak detector 14 being strobed, an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) 22 and also an electric pulse generator 8 connected to the sensor 26 through a sampling volume resistor 27 and a former of delayed strobe pulses 21.
- the former 21 is connected to a strobe input of the peak detector 14.
- Outputs of the channels are connected to a calculator 24 and then a display 25.
- Acoustic sensors are located inside a pipeline so that a flow 28 successively passes at first through a sampling volume of the first channel and then through a sampling volume of the second channel.
- the meter operates in the following way. Electric pulses from the generator 8 are transmitted to the acoustic sensor 26 where they are transformed into ultrasonic signals and emitted into the flow 28. Then a part of acoustic energy reflects from medium diffusers and comes back to the sensor 26, is amplified by the amplifier 13 and transmitted to the peak detector 14 being strobed. Simultaneously the delayed strobe pulse from the former 21 is transmitted to the strobe input of the peak detector 14 (see voltage diagram in Figure 6) .
- the resistor 27 executes uncoupling of an output of the generator 8 and an input of the amplifier 13. At the output of the peak detector 14 the voltage level proportional to an amplitude a of received signal is formed.
- Time of the strobe pulse delay relative to th pulse of the generator 8 t 0 (see Figure 6) is set taking into account passage time of the ultrasonic signal from the sensor to the sampling volume and back.
- a signal amplitude at the output of the peak detector fluctuates according to emergence of acoustic diffusers in a sampling volume. Since the diffusers at first pass through the sampling volume of the first sensor and then through the sampling volume of the second sensor the maximum on their CCF is formed.
- Co- ordinate ⁇ of this maximum along the time axis is determined by passage time of the diffusers from the first sensor to the second one.
- a velocity of the diffusers contained in a medium is determined by the following formula:
- the local gas velocity meter can be implemented using one transducer with a pair of emitter and receiver of acoustic signals and also located inside the pipeline.
- the emitter and receiver are placed opposite to each other and form a sampling volume. The distance between them is chosen so that a mixture freely flows through the sampling volume.
- an acoustic diffuser passage through a gap an ultrasonic signal is damped for a time equal to the time of the diffuser passage through the sampling volume.
- an autocorrelation function of output signals is formed and the time of the diffuser passage through the sampling volume is determined. Illustration of this variant of the local gas velocity meter is shown in Figure 7.
- the circuit contains elements connected in series: electric pulses generator 8, emitter 10 acoustically connected with receiver 11, amplifier 13, peak detector 14 being strobed, analogue- to-digital converter (ADC) 22, calculator 24 and display 25.
- the generator 8 is also connected through a former of delayed strobe pulses 21 with a strobe input of the peak detector.
- the space between the emitter (10) and receiver (11) represents a sampling volume 12.
- the velocity meter operates in the following way. Electric pulses from the generator 8 come to the emitter 10, are transformed into ultrasonic signals and through the sampling volume 12 come to the receiver 11, then to the amplifier 13 and to the peak detector 14. Simultaneously strobe pulses from the former 21 delayed for the time of the signal propagation from the emitter to the receiver are sent to the strobe input of the peak detector. Voltage from the input of the peak detector 14 proportional to the amplitude of a received signal is transferred to the ADC 22, then to the calculator 24 and the display 25. When diffusers of acoustic signal with sizes of particles less than the sampling volume are present in the flow every diffuser penetrating into the sampling volume will induce amplitude fluctuation of received signal.
- d is a linear size of a piezotransmitter plate in the flow direction
- Xj is a main lobe width of the autocorrelation function ( Figure 8) .
- a circuit of the velocity meter includes the following elements connected n series: an acoustic transducer 26, an amplifier 13, a peak detector 14 being strobed, an analog-to-digital transmitter 22, a calculator 24 and a display 25 and also a generator 8 connected through a resistor 27 with the transducer 26 and connected through a former of delayed strobe pulses 21 with a strobe input of the peak detector 14.
- the transducer 26 is situated inside a pipeline so that multiphase flow 28 crosses an acoustic field of the tr nsducer 26 perpendicularly to the flow direction.
- the meter operates in the following way. Voltage pulses from the generator 8 are transmitted through the resistor 27 to the transducer 26 where they are transformed into acoustic signals and emitted into the flow 28 perpendicularly to its direction. A portion of acoustic energy is reflected from acoustic diffusers of the multiphase medium (the main part of them are gas inclusions) and returns to the transducer 26 where it is transformed into electric signals which through the amplifier 13 come to the peak detector 14. Simultaneously a delayed strobe pulse from the former 21 is transmitted to the strobe input of the peak detector 14 (see the voltage diagram shown in Figure 10) .
- a resistor uncouples the output of the generator 8 and the input of the amplifier 13.
- the voltage amplitude at the output of the peak detector 14 is proportional to an amplitude of the received signal .
- the time of delay of a strobe pulse t 0 (see Figure 10) relative to a generator 8 pulse is set according to the time of ultrasonic signal passage from the transducer 26 to the sampling volume and back.
- a signal amplitude at the output of the peak detector fluctuates according to emergence of acoustic diffusers in the sampling volume.
- the time of fluctuation ' is equal to the time of diffuser pass through the sampling volume.
- the local gas velocity can be determine by autocorrelation of the signals by the formula:
- ⁇ ⁇ is a main lobe width of the autocorrelation function ( Figure 11) .
- the emitter and receiver with linear sizes up to 3 mm are set inside calibrated pipeline divisions under a fixed angle relative to each other.
- the circuit of the meter is shown in Figure 12.
- the meter contains an electric pulses generator 8 connected to emitter 10.
- Receiver 11 is connected through an amplifier 13 to a phase detector-multiplier 29.
- the following elements are connected in series to the output of the detector 29: a low-pass filter 30, the second amplifier 31, a signal spectrum calculator 32 and a display 25.
- a signal is processed in the measurement circuit in the following way.
- FIG. 14 Another variant of technical implementation of the ultrasonic Doppler' s local gas velocity meter is demonstrated in Figure 14.
- Emitter and receiver with linear sizes up to 3 mm are also disposed inside calibrated pipeline divisions at a fixed angle relative to each other.
- Measuring circuit of the meter contains a voltage pulses generator 8 connected to an emitter 10.
- a receiver 11 is joined through an amplifier 13 to a phase detector-multiplier 29, its output is connected to a "sampling-storage" block 30.
- the second input of the phase detector 29 is linked to the generator 8.
- An input of the "sampling-storage" block 30 is connected to generator 8 through the former of delayed strobe pulses 21.
- An output of the block 30 is connected to the calculator 32 and then the display 25.
- the meter operates in the following way. Voltage pulses from the generator 8 are transmitted to the emitter 10 and induce acoustic pulses propagating opposite flow direction. Pulses reflected from acoustic diffusers mainly from gas bubbles come to the receiver 11 and through the amplifier 13 are transmitted to the first input of the phase detector-multiplier 29. A high-frequency signal from the generator 8 is sent to the second input of the detector 2 A A low-frequency signal from the detector 29 is sent to the "sampling-storage" block 30 which registers the signal at its input at the moments of time determined by the time position of the delayed strobe pulse from the former 21.
- Spectral processing of the signal from the "sampling-storage" block 30 is executed in the calculator 32 where the Doppler' s frequency proportional to the approach velocity of acoustic diffusers to the transmitter is isolated and a local gas velocity is calculated. Results of processing are shown on the display 25. Signal processing in the circuit is shown in Figure 15.
- Ultrasonic gas content meter contains a voltage pulses generator 8 connected in series to an emitter 10, which is acoustically linked to a receiver 11, an amplifier 33 and a peak detector 34 being strobed.
- the generator 8 is also connected to a strobe input of the peak detector 34 through a former of delayed strobe pulses 35.
- Output of the peak detector is linked to a direct input of a first comparator 36, to an inverse input of a second comparator 37 and to a calculator 24.
- Outputs of comparators 36 and 37 are also connected to the calculator 24 and then to a display 25.
- An inverse input of the first peak detector and a direct input of the second peak detector are connected to a first voltage setting device 38 and a second voltage setting device 39 respectively.
- the emitter and the receiver 10 and 11 are fixed one against the other forming a sampling volume 40.
- the meter operates in the following way. Rectangular voltage pulses produced by the generator 8 are transformed by the emitter 10 into ultrasonic pulses which are emitted into the sampling volume 40, reach the receiver 11, are transformed into voltage pulses and transmitted trough the amplifier 33 to the peak detector 34.
- a diagram of the signal processing in the elements of a meter measuring circuit is presented in the Figure 17. At the output of the peak detector 34 a level proportional to the amplitude of a signal being received at the moment of coming of a delayed strobe pulse is formed.
- the amplitude of the signal being received is determined by the gas volume concentration in the sampling volume 40.
- the amplitude of the signal being received is at maximum and the voltage level at the input of peak detector 34 is higher than the voltage of the setting device 38 (Ul). That induces actuation of the comparator 36 and forming of an individual logic signal at its output.
- U max is an amplitude of the signal when the liquid phase fills the controlled volume
- k is a proportionality factor determined by geometric sizes of the sensor, by the ultrasonic frequency and so on
- n b is concentration of gas bubbles
- d b is diameter of gas bubbles.
- V the sampling volume
- N n b • V is a number of the bubbles in the sampling volume.
- the gas phase concentration in case of variable composition of the gas inclusions in the flow is determined by the relationship:
- T ti + t 2 + t 3 is time of averaging, where ti is a period of time when the gas inclusions are absent in the sampling volume, t 2 is a period of time when the gas inclusions presented by the bubbles of big diameter and also the gas plugs are present in the sampling volume, t 3 is a period of time when small bubbles are present in the sampling volume.
- the size of the sampling volume is chosen according to conditions of either technical implementation or application of the sensor, as a rule the size is smaller than 1 mm 3 .
- a measuring circuit of the meter comprises a generator of voltage pulses 8 and the following elements connected to it in series: an emitter 10 acoustically linked to a receiver 11, an amplifier 41, a first comparator 42, a first element 2& 43, a first RS-trigger 44, a second element 2& 45, a second RS-trigger 46 and a "duration- amplitude" converter 47.
- the generator 8 is also connected to a former of delayed strobe pulses 48 and to the second inputs of the RS-triggers 44 and 46.
- the second input of the first comparator 42 is linked to a voltage setting device 49.
- An output of the amplifier 41 is connected to a second comparator 50, its output is linked to the second input of the second element 2& 45.
- An output of the former of delayed strobe pulses 48 is connected to the second input of the first element 2& 43.
- the emitter and receiver are mounted in a tool body 51 one opposite the other thus forming a sampling volume 52.
- the tool body 51 is equipped by a heater 53 and an element 54 for mechanical cleaning of the sampling volume 52.
- the ultrasonic meter of volume concentration operates in the following way. Rectangular voltage pulses produced by the generator 8 are transformed into ultrasonic pulses by the emitter 10. After passing through the sampling volume 52 they reach the receiver 11 and are transformed into electric pulses. Then the signal through the amplifier 41 comes to the direct input of the first comparator 42. Simultaneously with sending the voltage pulse the first RS- trigger 44 is switched into a state "zero" and the second RS-trigger 46 - into a state "one".
- Pulses from an output of the comparator 42 are transmitted to an S- input of the first RS-trigger 44 through the first element 2& 43 being strobed by pulses from the output of the former of delayed strobe pulses 48 and switch it into the state "one" (see the diagram of voltages in Figure 20) .
- a time lag is determined the by time of the ultrasonic pulses propagation from the emitter 10 to the receiver 11. Using a delay element excludes false actuations of the meter stipulated by electric and acoustic noises.
- one of the inputs of the second comparator 50 is connected to the ground wire it produces voltage pulses every time when the amplitude of the received signal crosses a "zero" mark so fixing even a weak signal (see Figure 20) .
- An output signal of the comparator doesn't depend on the amplitude of the received signal.
- the first "zero" mark crossing induces actuation of the second RS-trigger 46 thus switching it into “zero” state.
- the voltage pulses formed so have durations proportional to passage time of the ultrasonic pulses from the emitter 10 to the receiver 11 and don't depend on ultrasonic pulses amplitudes. Then these pulses are transformed in the converter 47 into an amplitude signal proportional to their durations which is transmitted to the calculator and the monitor.
- a voltage setting device is implemented as a peak detector 55 being strobed (see Figure 21) . Its input is connected to the output of the amplifier 41, a strobe input is linked to the output of the former of the delayed strobe pulses 48 and an output of the peak detector 55 is connected to the second input of the first comparator 42 through a voltage divider 56.
- the voltage setting device operates in the following way. A voltage signal from the amplifier 41 is transmitted to the peak detector 55.
- the signal from the former of the delayed strobe pulses 48 comes to its strobe input (see Figure 22) .
- a voltage potential equal to a maximum value of the signal amplitude is formed at the output of the peak detector 55.
- the voltage signal passed through the divider 56 is damped so that secure actuation of the first comparator 42 is guaranteed at the selected half-wave of the signal by its variations due to changes of the controlled medium properties and temperature and owing to aging of measuring circuit elements an so on.
- the operation of the meters of local values w g , ⁇ , w g , 2 , ⁇ i, ⁇ 2 and W is controlled according to a set program by processor. Time averaging and cross-section averaging of the calibrated pipeline divisions of the above indicated values are also executed by means of the processor.
- the volume flow rates of the multiphase flow components such as liquid, oil, water and gas Q,, Qou, Q W Qg are moreover determined according to the formulas (16, 18, 19) by the processor .
- Figure 1 shows an order of pipeline divisions with decreasing cross-section areas seen in the flow direction an opposite order of pipeline line divisions, that is with increasing cross-section areas seen in the flow direction, can be used.
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