WO2013044004A1 - System and method for combining co-located flowmeters - Google Patents
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- the fluid stream e.g., crude oil, natural gas
- the fluid stream is transported from place-to-place via pipelines. It is desirable to know with accuracy the amount of fluid flowing in the stream, and particular accuracy is demanded when the fluid is changing hands, or "custody transfer.” Even where custody transfer is not taking place, however, measurement accuracy is desirable, and in these situations flowmeters may be used.
- Ultrasonic flowmeters are one type of flowmeter that may be used to measure the amount of fluid flowing in a pipeline.
- ultrasonic signals are sent back and forth across the fluid stream to be measured, and based on various characteristics of the ultrasonic signals a measure of fluid flow may be calculated.
- Ultrasonic flowmeters providing improved flow measurement accuracy are desirable.
- an ultrasonic flow metering system includes a passage for fluid flow and a plurality of ultrasonic flowmeters.
- Each of the ultrasonic flowmeters includes a pair of ultrasonic transducers, and a flow processor.
- the pair of ultrasonic transducers is configured to form a chordal path across the passage between the transducers.
- the flow processor is coupled to the ultrasonic transducers.
- the flow processor is configured to measure the fluid flow through the spool piece based on outputs of the transducers of all of the ultrasonic flowmeters.
- a method for measuring fluid flow includes determining, by a first ultrasonic flowmeter, a first flow velocity of fluid flowing through the first ultrasonic flowmeter.
- a second ultrasonic flowmeter determines a second flow velocity of fluid flowing through the second ultrasonic flowmeter.
- the first ultrasonic flowmeter produces a combined flow rate by combining the first and second flow velocities.
- a computer-readable medium is encoded with instructions that when executed cause a processor of an ultrasonic flowmeter to determine a first flow velocity of fluid flowing through the first ultrasonic flowmeter. Additional instructions encoded on the medium cause the processor to retrieve from a co-located ultrasonic flowmeter a second flow velocity of fluid flowing through the co- located ultrasonic flowmeter. Yet further instructions encoded on the medium cause the processor to produce a combined flow rate by combining the first and second flow velocities.
- Figure 2 shows a cross-sectional overhead view of an ultrasonic flowmeter in accordance with various embodiments
- Figure 3 shows an end elevation view of an ultrasonic flowmeter in accordance with various embodiments
- Figure 4 shows an arrangement of transducer pairs of an ultrasonic flowmeter in accordance with various embodiments
- Figure 5 shows a flow metering system including a pair of co-located ultrasonic flowmeters coupled in series in accordance with various embodiments
- Figure 6 shows a block a diagram of a flow metering system that includes co- located ultrasonic flowmeters in accordance with various embodiments.
- Figure 7 shows a flow diagram for a method for operating a flow metering system that includes co-located ultrasonic flowmeters in accordance with various embodiments.
- hydrocarbon flows e.g., crude oil, natural gas
- fluid flow e.g., cryogenic substances, water
- FIG. 1 shows an ultrasonic flowmeter 100 in accordance with various embodiments.
- the ultrasonic flowmeter 100 includes a meter body or spool piece 102 that defines a central passage or bore 104.
- the spool piece 102 is designed and constructed to be coupled to a pipeline or other structure (not shown) carrying fluids (e.g., natural gas) such that the fluids flowing in the pipeline travel through the central bore 104. While the fluids travel through the central bore 104, the ultrasonic flowmeter 100 measures the flow rate (hence, the fluid may be referred to as the measured fluid).
- the spool piece 102 includes flanges 106 that facilitate coupling of the spool piece 102 to another structure. In other embodiments, any suitable system for coupling the spool piece 102 to a structure may be equivalently used (e.g., weld connections).
- the ultrasonic flowmeter 100 includes a plurality of transducer assemblies.
- five such transducers assembles 108, 1 10, 112, 1 16 and 120 are in full or partial view.
- the transducer assemblies are paired (e.g., transducer assemblies 108 and 1 10), as will be further discussed below.
- each transducer assembly electrically couples to control electronics, illustratively housed in enclosure 124. More particular, each transducers assembly electrical couples to the control electronics in the enclosure 124 by way of a respective cable 126 or equivalent signal conducting assembly.
- FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional overhead view of the ultrasonic flowmeter 100 taken substantially along line 2-2 of Figure 1.
- Spool piece 102 has a predetermined size and defines the central bore 104 through which the measured fluid flows.
- An illustrative pair of transducers assemblies 112 and 1 14 is located along the length of spool piece 102.
- Transducers 112 and 1 14 are acoustic transceivers, and more particularly ultrasonic transceivers.
- the ultrasonic transducers 1 12, 1 14 both generate and receive acoustic signals having frequencies above about 20 kilohertz.
- the acoustic signals may be generated and received by a piezoelectric element in each transducer.
- the piezoelectric element is stimulated electrically by way of a signal (e.g., a sinusoidal signal), and the element responds by vibrating.
- a signal e.g., a sinusoidal signal
- the vibration of the piezoelectric element generates the acoustic signal that travels through the measured fluid to the corresponding transducer assembly of the pair.
- the receiving piezoelectric element vibrates and generates an electrical signal (e.g., a sinusoidal signal) that is detected, digitized, and analyzed by the electronics associated with the flowmeter 100.
- a path 200 also referred to as a "chord,” exists between illustrative transducer assemblies 1 12 and 114 at an angle ⁇ to a centerline 202.
- the length of chord 200 is the distance between the face of transducer assembly 1 12 and the face of transducer assembly 114.
- Points 204 and 206 define the locations where acoustic signals generated by transducer assemblies 1 12 and 1 14 enter and leave fluid flowing through the spool piece 102 (i.e. , the entrance to the spool piece bore).
- the position of transducer assemblies 1 12 and 1 14 may be defined by the angle ⁇ , by a first length L measured between the faces of the transducer assemblies 1 12 and 1 14, a second length X corresponding to the axial distance between points 204 and 206, and a third length "d" corresponding to the pipe inside diameter. In most cases distances d, X and L are precisely determined during flowmeter fabrication.
- Velocity vectors 212, 214, 216 and 218 illustrate that the gas velocity through spool piece 102 increases toward the centerline 202 of the spool piece 102.
- downstream transducer assembly 112 generates an ultrasonic signal that is incident upon, and thus detected by, upstream transducer assembly 114.
- the upstream transducer assembly 114 generates a return ultrasonic signal that is subsequently incident upon, and detected by, the downstream transducer assembly 1 12.
- the transducer assemblies exchange or play "pitch and catch" with ultrasonic signals 220 along chordal path 200. During operation, this sequence may occur thousands of times per minute.
- Ultrasonic flowmeters can have one or more chords.
- Figure 3 illustrates an end elevation view of ultrasonic flowmeter 100.
- illustrative ultrasonic flowmeter 100 comprises four chordal paths A, B, C and D at varying levels within the spool piece 102.
- Each chordal path A-D corresponds to a transducer pair behaving alternately as a transmitter and receiver.
- Transducer assemblies 108 and 110 (only partially visible) make up chordal path A.
- Transducer assemblies 1 12 and 1 14 (only partially visible) make up chordal path B.
- Transducer assemblies 116 and 118 (only partially visible) make up chordal path C.
- transducer assemblies 120 and 122 (only partially visible) make up chordal path D.
- transducer assemblies 116 and 1 18 are placed parallel to transducer assemblies 108 and 110, but at a different "level” or elevation.
- the fourth pair of transducer assemblies i.e., transducer assemblies 120 and 122.
- the transducers pairs may be arranged such that the upper two pairs of transducers corresponding to chords A and B form an the shape of an "X", and the lower two pairs of transducers corresponding to chords C and D also form the shape of an "X”.
- the flow velocity of the fluid may be determined at each chord A-D to obtain chordal flow velocities, and the chordal flow velocities are combined to determine an average flow velocity over the entire pipe. From the average flow velocity, the amount of fluid flowing in the spool piece, and thus the pipeline, may be determined.
- the system 500 forms an eight path flowmeter that provides improved measurement accuracy over each individual four path flowmeter 100 while allowing each flowmeter 100 to operate as a four path flowmeter 100 should the other flowmeter 100 fail.
- the ultrasonic transducers of the two or more flowmeters 100 may be disposed in a single spool piece and/or the electronics of the two or meters may be disposed in a single enclosure.
- the two or more flowmeters 100 may include different chordal configurations, for example, different chord elevations, angles, etc. relative to the flow path that provide for improved measurement accuracy when the measurements of the flowmeters 100 are combined.
- FIG. 6 shows a block a diagram of the flow metering system 500 that includes co-located ultrasonic flowmeters 100A/B in accordance with various embodiments.
- Each of the flowmeters 100 includes a set of transducer a pairs 602 (e.g., 108 and 1 10, 112 and 114, 116 and 1 18, 120 and 122) and electronics comprising a transducer controller 604, a flow processor 606, and a communications transceiver 608. Some embodiments may also include one or more sensors 614 for measuring fluid attributes.
- the transducer controller 604 is coupled to the transducer pairs 602, and controls generation of ultrasonic signals by the transducer pairs 602 by, for example, generating drive signals that induce oscillation in the transducers.
- a transducer controller 604 of one of the flowmeters 100 generates a synchronization signal 610 that is provided to each of the transducer controllers 604 of the other flowmeters 100.
- the synchronization signal may be propagated by electrical conductors, optical channels, wireless channels, etc.
- the synchronization signal 610 establishes the timing of ultrasonic signal generation by the meters 100, thereby preventing ultrasonic signals generated by flowmeter 100A from interfering with measurements made by flowmeter 100B and vice versa.
- the signal 610 specifies the start time and duration for each transducer.
- the signal 610, via phase, voltage level, etc. may indicate a time period in which each flowmeter 100 performs ultrasonic measurements free of interference from other meters 100.
- the synchronization signal 610 is provided as a message transferred over a communication link, e.g., link 502, between the meters 100.
- the flow processor 606 is coupled to the transducer controller 604, and is configured to process outputs of the transducer pairs 602 to generate measurements of fluid flow within the spool piece 102.
- the chordal flow velocity v may be given by ri I — I
- L is the path length (i.e., face-to-face separation between upstream and downstream transducers),
- T up and T dn are the upstream and downstream transit times of sound energy through the fluid.
- the flow processor 606 combines the chordal flow velocities to determine an average flow velocity for the fluid flowing through flowmeter 100, and computes the volumetric flow rate through the flowmeter 100 as a product of the average flow velocity for the flowmeter 100 and the cross-sectional area of the flowmeter 100.
- the flow processor 606 may also compute an uncorrected flow rate and a corrected flow rate.
- the uncorrected flow rate adjusts the raw flow rate to account for the flow profile and fluid expansion due to pressure and temperature.
- the corrected flow rate adjusts the uncorrected flow rate to account for differences in base and flow condition pressure, temperature, and fluid compressibility.
- the flow processor makes the initial flow values available for retrieval by other meters 100 in real-time (i.e., the time period (e.g., 250 ms) set for generating flow values by the meter 100 is unaffected by the retrieval and associated operations).
- the flow processor 606 provides the initial flow values to a server disposed in the flowmeter 100A.
- the server is configured to process requests from another flowmeter 100 for the initial flow values computed by the flowmeter 100A, and provide the initial flow values to the other flowmeter 100 responsive to the request.
- the flow processor may also provide, for retrieval by other meters 100, an expiration time value that defines the time interval during which initial flow values are considered valid.
- the flow processor 606 generates a message requesting initial flow values from a different flowmeter 100, and transmits the message via the communication transceiver 608.
- the transceiver 608 is communicatively linked to instances of the transceiver 608 in other meters 100.
- the transceiver 608 may be, for example, configure to provide communication in accordance with a networking standard, such as IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.1 1 , etc.
- the instance of the flowmeter 100 receiving the message (e.g., the flowmeter to which the message is addressed by internet protocol address) provides the requested initial flow values to the requesting flowmeter 100 via a message transferred over the communication link formed by the transceivers 608.
- the flow processor 606 may store the combined flow value and/or the flow rate derived from the combined flow value in memory, provide the value to a database, and/or generate signals representative of flow rate, flow volume, etc. based on the combined flow value. For example, some embodiments of the flow processor 606 may generate an output signal having a frequency representative of a flow rate derived from the combined flow value. [0034] If the flow processor 606 of the flowmeter 100A (or any flowmeter 100) is unable to verify the initial flow values received from another flowmeter 100, then the flow processor 606 may compute a final flow value based on only the initial flow values produced by the flowmeter 100A.
- the system 500 provides redundancy in that each flowmeter 100 can provide flow measurements based on the outputs of only the transducer pairs 602 of the flowmeter 100 when other instances of the flowmeter 100 fail, and provide enhanced flow measurement accuracy based on the outputs of all transducer pairs 602 when all of the meters 100 are operating properly.
- Various components of the flowmeter 100 including at least some portions of the flow processor 606 and the transducer controller 604 can be implemented using a processor, included in the flowmeter 100.
- the processor executes software programming that causes the processor to perform the operations described herein.
- the flow processor 606 includes a processor executing software programming that causes the processor to generate flow values, such as the initial flow values, combined flow values, flow rates, etc., and perform other operations described herein.
- Suitable processors include, for example, general-purpose microprocessors, digital signal processors, and microcontrollers.
- Processor architectures generally include execution units (e.g., fixed point, floating point, integer, etc.), storage (e.g., registers, memory, etc.), instruction decoding, peripherals (e.g., interrupt controllers, timers, direct memory access controllers, etc.), input/output systems (e.g., serial ports, parallel ports, etc.) and various other components and sub-systems.
- Software programming that causes a processor to perform the operations disclosed herein can be stored in a computer readable storage medium internal or external to the flowmeter 100.
- a computer readable storage medium comprises volatile storage such as random access memory, non-volatile storage (e.g., a hard drive, an optical storage device (e.g., CD or DVD), FLASH storage, read-only-memory, or combinations thereof.
- Some embodiments can implement portions of the ultrasonic flowmeter 100, including portions of the flow processor 606 and transducer controller 604, using dedicated circuitry (e.g., dedicated circuitry implemented in an integrated circuit). Some embodiments may use a combination of dedicated circuitry and a processor executing suitable software. For example, some portions of the transducer controller 604 may be implemented using a processor or hardware circuitry. Selection of a hardware or processor/software implementation of embodiments is a design choice based on a variety of factors, such as cost, time to implement, and the ability to incorporate changed or additional functionality in the future.
- Figure 7 shows a flow diagram for a method 700 for operating a flow metering system 500 that includes co-located ultrasonic flowmeters 100 in accordance with various embodiments. Though depicted sequentially as a matter of convenience, at least some of the actions shown can be performed in a different order and/or performed in parallel. Additionally, some embodiments may perform only some of the actions shown. In some embodiments, the operations of Figure 7, as well as other operations described herein, can be implemented as instructions stored in a computer readable medium and executed by processors included in the meters 100.
- a plurality of ultrasonic flowmeters 100 are co-located (e.g., serially connected or disposed in a single spool piece) and each flowmeter 100 is generating flow values based on the ultrasonic transducer pairs 602 of all of the flowmeters.
- the generation of ultrasonic signals by the transducers of the plurality of flowmeters 100 is synchronized to reduce interference between the flowmeters 100.
- One of the flowmeters 100 may be designated the primary flowmeter and generate the synchronization signal 610 that is provided to each of the other co- located flowmeters to effect the synchronization.
- Each flowmeter 100 generates ultrasonic signals in block 704.
- the signals traverse the interior of the spool piece 102, and are detected by an ultrasonic transducer. Electrical signals representative of the detected ultrasonic signals are provided to the flow processor 606.
- sensors 614 measure attributes of the fluid flowing in the spool piece 102, such as fluid temperature, fluid pressure, fluid composition, etc.
- the attribute measurements are provided to the flow processor 606 for use in computing fluid flow.
- each flowmeter 100 computes a set of initial flow values.
- the initial flow values are based on the ultrasonic signals generated and detected only by the transducer pairs 602 of the flowmeter 100.
- the initial flow values may also be based on the fluid attributes measured by the sensors.
- the initial flow values may include an average speed of sound, average flow velocity, flow rate value, etc. for the flowmeter 100.
- the initial flow values are made accessible to co-located meters 100.
- the initial flow values may be provided to a server in the flowmeter 100, and each of the co-located meters 100 operates as a client of the server to access the initial flow values via the communication link 502.
- each flowmeter 100 retrieves initial flow values from each other co-located flowmeter 100.
- Retrieval may include generating a request message that is communicated to each other flowmeter 100 (e.g., to a server included in each flowmeter 100).
- each flowmeter 100 may generate a response message that includes the initial flow values, and transfer the response message to the requesting flowmeter 100.
- each flowmeter 100 verifies the initial flow values received from the other co-located meters 100.
- the verification may include computation of check values (such as cyclic redundancy check values) applied to the initial flow values, verification that a flow value lifetime value has not expired, and verification that the quality of the flow measurements exceeds a predetermined threshold.
- a flowmeter 100 finds the retrieved initial flow values to be invalid, then, in block 718, the some embodiments of the flowmeter 100 compute a final flow rate value based only on the flow information generated by the flowmeter 100 (i.e., an individual final flow value).
- the individual final flow value is not based on initial flow values generated by other co-located meters 100.
- the flowmeter 100 also generates a fluid flow rate based on the individual final flow value.
- a flowmeter 100 finds the retrieved initial flow values to be valid, then, in block 720, the flowmeter 100 computes a final flow value based on the initial flow values generated by the plurality of co-located meters 100 (i.e., a combined final flow value).
- the flowmeter 100 applies the combined final flow value to generate a fluid flow rate based on the total number of chordal paths provided all of the co- located meters 100.
- the fluid flow rate may also be based on the sensor measurements retrieved from one or more of the co-located meters 100.
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